That rift was not just over the air war, but over the peace still to be secured.

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Give me a radical for peace any day over a moderate for war.

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Pixies frontman Frank Black has been known to cover Norman's "Six, Sixty, Six" in concert, and it's jarring to hear Black snarl, "In the midst of the war, he offered us peace" over raucous guitars.

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Sitting reading is a sedentary occupation, and yet no-one is suggesting you should avoid "War and Peace" or the later, over-long Harry Potter novels.

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Peace had been declared and yet the war was far from over.

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With the West preoccupied with its own war over Kosovo, and the prospect of keeping the peace once it is over, East Timor may seem a distant and minor concern.

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The ancient battle, Gandalf believes, is not over, but temporarily dormant, like the illusion of peace between World War I (in which Tolkien served) and World War II (during which the Lord of the Rings was written).

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It was my destiny to witness over many events in our region during the years of war and peace.

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And America does not want to be drawn into a showdown over the peace that could be as bruising as the one that preceded the war.

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And let it be said of our friendship - formed and forged over two tumultuous centuries, a friendship tested in war and strengthened in peace - that it has not just endured but is renewed in each generation to better serve our shared values and fulfil the hopes and dreams of the day.

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