As with the original Rivals challenge, Rivals II combines individuals who have had acrimonious or at least strained relations or interactions prior to the season.

In 1962, talks on allotment of Euphrates water began and continued sporadically throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, but acrimonious relations between Syria and Iraq hampered final agreements.

Mr. Jiang knows that he is considered inexperienced in foreign affairs and that he could burnish his reputation by leading the way to less acrimonious relations with Washington.

We had a coalition of one, slipping domestic support, and acrimonious relations with allies; even NATO was offended.

He is also remembered for his acrimonious relations with Greek Catholics.

While many cities in the United States have acrimonious relations with their surrounding suburbs, few have histories as full of mutual mistrust as Detroit's.

After nine challenging years dealing with the line's expansion and acrimonious relations with other railways, Macgregor resigned in 1854.

The two rebel leaders were engaged in a serious rivalry, which coincided with the development of acrimonious relations between their families over influence in the Tulkarm area's social and political spheres.

The owners, in dismissing him, felt that they suffered badly from Grebey's often acrimonious relations with reporters.

Regrettably, however, the institutional framework and the acrimonious relations between the two main political parties do not bode well for a peaceful and democratic electoral process.