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The Davis case further complicated Pakistan’s relations with the United States, which were already strained because of the military’s reluctance to move into North Waziristan – a mini-state within Pakistan from which the Taliban have launched operations in Afghanistan against US forces.

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Brotherly tempers started to get strained.

So we strained it from the edges, and we held it by cables.

At some point, in one of our strained conversations, my dad mentioned the Stonewall riots.

At the Phi Phi Hill Resort, I was tucked into the corner furthest away from the television, but I strained to listen for information.

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