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Susie's story, paradoxically, is one of hope, set against grim reality.

Yet many hoteliers and innkeepers are dead-set against having geothermal prospectors drilling in their backyards.

The desire to be liberated from oil's omnipresent grip is set against a backdrop of America's love-hate relationship with energy.

Walls and woodwork in shades of dark blue are set against a gilt-framed mirror, a leopard-print rug and a settee upholstered in gold fabric.

Packed with good stories and tasty quotes, “The Hawk and the Dove” is a balanced and highly readable portrait of two contrary temperaments set against the background of the cold war.

The church he loved was celibate, hostile to women priests and set against gays; if Catholics were only faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium, he wrote, all would be well.