A good basic conflict that doesn't get resolved until the end.

"I honestly don't know how the conflicts will resolve themselves."

There were loyalties to consider, conflicts to resolve.

But this conflict never did resolve itself fully in my mind and was one of the many factors that precipitated my departure from the company.

Many minor conflicts between teachers and students resolve themselves during the first few weeks of class as they adjust to each other.

With time, the "unwinnable" conflict resolved itself into something else, and I began to see a dim light at the end of the tunnel.

And so it goes on, until the board is filled and the last conflict resolved.

"These kids are coming from communities where they see most conflicts resolved by fighting, and we try to make the school a haven from that" he said.

"It's been a huge influence on my life, that such terrible conflict could resolve itself and leave such a deep, lasting affection."

He is at pains to stress that conflict, another cause of poverty, resolves nothing.