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In one confrontation, Mears lunged at a man and took a mobile phone from him after a "tug of war".

In another film, this tug of war between past and present might produce an overly sentimental final act, where the main character comes to terms with the former life that’s haunted him since he arrived home.

In a number of European countries, national legal systems appear caught in the middle in a new era of deep divisions and suspicions in society - leading to a tug of war between populist politicians and their detractors - each accusing the other of using the judiciary to protect their own political interests.

While many government agencies are unavoidably enmeshed in the nation’s polarizing political tug of war, the parks are among the few public places where people of all stripes can escape.

“For far too long, we’ve changed our clocks in pursuit of daylight, while incurring public health and safety risks in the process. Committing to standard time has health benefits and allows us to end the biannual tug of war between our biological and alarm clocks,” said Dr. Alexander Ding, a trustee with the American Medical Assn., in a statement.