Second, besides overlooking the diversity and rivalry of corporate and union interests, picturing politics as a battle between the opposing forces of big business and big labour badly overlooks the role of the beliefs and interests of ordinary voters.
Though Aldous admits to an affair with Patrice, he tries to persuade Beard to be sensible about the whole situation, arguing that they should put aside the pettiness of romantic rivalry in the interests of science that they should actually become partners in the search for a renewable source of energy.
Active participation in the simulation of real-life problems allows students to experience: 1) conflicts of interests, 2) uncertain knowledge claims and 3) rivalry between normative claims.
In land-wealthy communities like Dolores, in which intense ethnic rivalries, expanding commercial agriculture, and important political alliances had already created a complex maze of interests and alliances, the privatization of land hastened the weakening of indigenous solidarity.
Chapter V. Rivalry of Church and State.
Sibling rivalry, of course.
A friendly rivalry, of course.
Unfortunately, despite offering an enlightening history of the sport, "The Only Game That Matters" is surprisingly messy and haphazardly structured; its chronicle of the Harvard-Yale football rivalry through the years is probably of interest only to alumni.
It is a tale of how the process of science, like any other business, is shaped by egos, rivalry and vested interests.
Similarly, information about the minutiae of tenure decisions and rivalries in leading philosophy departments will be of interest to institutional historians.But none of this is woven into an engaging narrative here.
