Thus, to some extent in company with our contemporary psychiatrists, these Carib-speaking Indians trace the causes of illness to unsatisfactory and rancorous relationships within the community.

Given the deadlock between the interests of the two sides and their rancorous relationship, the final decision was essentially Radcliffe's.

Indeed, the budget, with all its red ink and implied headaches, may be this mayor's best weapon after many years of rancorous relationships between City Hall and organized labor.

And though he has a notoriously rancorous relationship with Randi Weingarten, the head of the teachers' union, he met with her last week.

By having the brass to open training camp only an hour east of Philadelphia today, the Nets have angered the Philadelphia 76ers and added more drama to the rancorous relationship that is developing between the two clubs.

Mr. Zaleski was widely criticized for his caustic style, which worsened his rancorous relationship with the City Council.

Ike Hilliard found peace of mind this season, moving beyond worries about past injuries, an agent who robbed him and a rancorous relationship with the Giants.

The effect was that an already rancorous relationship between the ski federation and snowboarding intensified.

Eventually the Orilla del Mar subdivision on the western edge of Isla Vista was rezoned for single family dwellings, but a rancorous relationship between the apartment developers and the homeowners was established.

But it still seemed as if the two had much in common and had built up enough good will to avoid the usually rancorous relationship between their respective sides of City Hall.