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Feud
Some Things Take Time
By Evan Jenkins
The headline reported a judicial decision that had caused an instant, angry debate. A subheading, over a story about that reaction, read, "Bitter Feud Over Ruling." That was too hasty. Some dictionaries include a definition of "feud" that fits any old quarrel, but custom has long since restricted the word to mean the kind of nastiness that goes on for a good while, sometimes for generations. (This squabble, as it turned out, was pretty much moot in a week or so, well short of even the minimalist requirements for a feud.)
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