Metcalf asked, curiosity overcoming hostility.

Overcoming initial official hostility, the Taman Siswa schools had spread throughout the archipelago and were by the late 1930s subsidized by the Dutch colonial government.

They will aim to overcome mutual hostility between President Karzai and the Taliban to enable an 'Afghan-led process' to begin.

The returnees have also had to overcome the suspicion and hostility of their former neighbors who remained behind or people who moved in after they left.

Finally, the moderates are struggling to overcome widespread hostility to the Endangered Species Act.

To do this he overcame hostility and opposition from much of the scientific community.

Over all, the poll suggested that Mr. Hart must overcome not so much hostility as doubt.

Baba also described the power of humility to overcome hostility: "True humility is strength, not weakness.

Hollingsworth's original idea for the concert was to help overcome western hostility towards Japan caused by the highly successful Japanese economy.

In the Pacific Northwest, the age of the Pacific had to overcome violent hostility toward Asians.