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The murkiness of Mr. Gregory's intentions, coupled with his almost comically negative view of the entire Protestant Reformation, leads one to suspect that the book isn't so much a work of careful historical analysis as a kind of parochial score-settling.

Blame It on Calvin & Luther Barton Swaim 2012

The July 28 slaying of rebel military commander Abdel Fatah Younis raised serious concerns about disunity among the opposition and potential score-settling in the wake of any overthrow of Col.

Libya's Opposition Faces Challenge of Unity Muneef Halawa 2011

Walters also indulges her instinct for score-settling, celebrity puffery, and self-contradiction.

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Taylor Swift's ridiculously entertaining new album, "Speak Now," is a lengthy, captivating exercise in woo-pitching, flame tending and score-settling -- with a heavy emphasis on the latter.

Album review: Taylor Swift, "Speak Now" Allison Stewart 2010

It will engulf them, and the score-settling in Libya will be as nothing to what takes place in Syria.

Syria: a Soviet hangover turned headache 2012

In 413 attacking, defending and score-settling pages, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee attempts to mend the wounds she sustained becoming one of the most caricatured politicians to arrive on the national scene since Dan Quayle.

'Rogue' Palin hints at ambitions 2009

Indeed, violence between Christians and Egypt's Muslim majority regularly break out in cities such as Sohag, as do score-settling fights between sprawling clans.

Vote Tests Egypt's Old Regime Matt Bradley 2011

Mostly, though, he no longer risks the wrath of Sir Alex Ferguson with score-settling off the ball.

Disorder and demons afflict Wayne Rooney on the international stage | Paul Hayward 2011

Beyond that, we find Mondale in a score-settling mood, as witnessed by his long discussion of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's decision to challenge Carter, the incumbent president, in the 1980 Democratic primaries: "I thought then and think now that Ted's instincts served him poorly that year, with consequences that were tragic for the country and for the causes we believed in."

Three books by unrepentant politicians Post 2010

His adventures in comics aren't nearly as engaging as his examination of the genre's history, and the score-settling is even less interesting.

Men in Tights, A Man in Heels Jonathan V. Last 2011