In truth, Catholic militants, like their Protestant counterparts, will always be able to find a gun with which to murder a boy waiting for a ride to work, if that is what they wish to do.

"Weekly Catholic Mass-goers supported Bush by a seven-point margin, in contrast to the 30-point margin among their Protestant counterparts," Mr. Bole wrote.

The Roman Catholic missions came to Chad later than their Protestant counterparts.

Like their Protestant counterparts, the Roman Catholic missions have a history of social service.

He also has a Protestant counterpart, an Episcopal priest.

Or, after the I.R.A.'s Protestant counterparts are accused of murder, the standard prose suggests the gunmen are trying to preserve Northern Ireland's status as part of Great Britian.

He became the Catholic director of the academy alongside his Protestant counterpart, in 1730 and remained in this function until his death in Augsburg in 1762.

Absent from the round table, and glowering outside, are the killers of the Irish Republican Army and their Protestant paramilitary counterparts, each capable of wrecking any compromise.

This also helped to ensure a significant increase in trade union membership amongst northern Catholics, who before the strike had tended to be less unionised than their Protestant counterparts.

Then Beryl suggests that O'Shea go to his Protestant counterpart at another mission, Reverend Marvin, for advice.