By nightfall, though, clashes in the district raised doubt about that claim.
In Algiers and the Jordanian capital, Amman, though, protesters clashed with police, and in Pakistan and Niger there was serious violence.
Over the years, though, Jacobs clashed with the state's breeders, who wanted more racing with larger purses.
Fanciful interview in which the actress, Carmencita Passion, tells of her many loves, and how they are all still good friends even though they clashed, etc.
In the past decade, Poles and Slovaks have elected populist governments, though neither clashed as openly with the European authorities as has Hungary's leader, Viktor Orban.
Many liberals reject Mr Moussa because they say he embodies the old establishment, even though Mr Mubarak clashed with him and fired him.
He also rose as high as Lazard's deputy chief executive, though he clashed frequently with Felix G. Rohatyn, the firm's senior deal-maker.
Architect and client quarreled over the design: the bank wanted to crown its new headquarters with its signature dome, even though it clashed with the soaring modern look of the rest of the building.
Though he clashed frequently with the board of education in his tenure as schools chief, Mr. Farmer was well liked by parent and student groups and enjoyed a natural constituency among the generation of children, now adults, whom he taught, and their parents.
Protests in Rome remained orderly, though students clashed with police in Palermo, roads were blocked in Turin, and rubbish set on fire in Naples.
