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After more than 20 rancorous years apart, a rerelease of the Talking Heads classic 1983 concert film “Stop Making Sense” has brought détente, and maybe more.

No rancorous divorces or business disputes, restraining orders or recent financial trouble — nothing connecting him to the two men accused of his murder.

After a rancorous campaign that saw seven people vie for three spots on the five-person council, the race for the final one ended in a tie.

Garman said the county’s lawyer assures him that no matter how rancorous the debate, the vote by the county board is symbolic: all that matters is the registrar’s certification.

Harris returned to well-worn themes such as reproductive freedom, love for country and exhaustion with a decade of rancorous politics.