The first public side-by-side confrontation between the two men, who are members of the same church, was a well-mannered slugfest.
I've grouped these two together because I want to talk about what to me is the key scene for both of their characters: their side-by-side confrontation about the routes their lives have taken played out sitting together on an old wooden bench.
Days of talking about foetuses, clinics, pig heads, aggressive partners, aggressive protesters, anti-abortion, anti-contraceptives, and street-side confrontations have left me tired and weirder out.
Since neither side wants confrontation and war, they can be assumed to be sincere.
But before he could pull on pants he heard the women meet, the vague scream of surprise on either side, the confrontation.
"From our side, no confrontations, no chaos," Mr. Abbas told reporters in Ramallah last week.
One answer looks increasingly plausible: Both sides expected confrontation and had no intention of stepping away.
While Kỳ used air power to stop the two sides from confrontation by threatening to bomb them if they opened fire, the Americans consulted with Thi and General Cao Văn Viên, the commander of III Corps surrounding Saigon.
Recruitment of children for use by armed forces and groups has taken place on both sides of confrontations since December.
The brink, they feared, was right there: on the other side lay chaos, confrontation and bloodshed.
The most authoritative account of Mitchell's side of his confrontation with the police was published by the Sunday Telegraph.
