Nevertheless, both Saunders and Stark struggle to understand the game's efficacy.
The play, first produced on Broadway in March 1960, eight months before Kennedy was elected president, drew on these influences to become a tale of politics that may seem improbable today: a stark struggle of two men of obvious complexity, set during a national political convention where decisions of consequence were actually made.
Yet his encounter with Stark, which is obviously there to set up The Avengers, is intelligently manipulated by director Jon Favreau to serve as a much-needed segue between a jittery start to the film, with Stark struggling to hold down his dual roles, and a more polished close.
The persistence of slavery posed a moral predicament for someone who wished to avoid any intimation of cultural advantage, and it was clearly causing Stark a struggle.
One movement had her moaning in sorrow, and then hollering and shrieking in anguish — a stark evocation of struggle.
But it does give a vivid picture of the stark and bloody struggle for national survival with which Russia's war began.
Still, these geostrategists saw past the ritualized etiquette of diplomacy and the embedded expectations of law to the stark and enduring struggle for survival — tribe against tribe, invaders against inhabitants.
First-quarter trading for the electricals retailer was robust as it reported a 10 per cent jump in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to August, in stark contrast to struggling rival Argos owner Home Retail Group.
What could give the stadium issue traction this year, however, is the city's dire financial condition — presenting a stark contrast between struggling, insecure New Yorkers who don't earn major league salaries, and the hundreds of millions of dollars the new stadium complex is costing them.
This is in stark contrast to struggling off-the-rack suit sales, which saw a 5% decline in 2007, according to the NPD group.
Nowhere is the struggle starker than in competing 2016 budgets now on Capitol Hill.
