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The NCAAs are the pinnacle of collegiate golf in the US, pitting teams and individuals against each other.

Cleanly sliced into two parts, this spare novel of complicated ambitions — personal, professional and familial — pits three people against their perceived places in the world as well as their rarely acknowledged shadow selves.

The result of this antagonism is employees being pitted again each other, preventing the improvements in workplace climate that result from joint perceptions of fairness and unfairness.

He is also expected to say: "This vile trade exploits the cracks between our institutions, pits nations against one another and profits from our inability at the political level to come together."

Remember, texture doesn’t always mean crunch—it can also mean chewiness, density, or something toothsome, like dates, figs, rice noodles, or pitted olives.