Sentences with phrase «crossfire between»

A child thrashing in the high waters of a divorce often feels caught in the middle of a crossfire between two parents he or she loves equally.

Very few aspects of a divorce are more damaging to everyone involved than a custody fight that leaves children caught in a crossfire between battling parents fighting for control.

It appears Mr. Holm is a victim of crossfire between the Court and the Government.»

De Boer often got into the middle of the crossfire between developed and developing countries battling over terms of a treaty for curbing greenhouse gases.

Throughout much of the narrative, the author and his family (just as most residents of Kabul) are caught in the crossfire between Mujahideen warlords seeking to control parts of Afghanistan.

No parent would put a pair of preadolescent characters through this kind of torture, and precious few audiences with kids will take the kind of enjoyment Watts and co-writer Christopher Ford («Robot & Frank») intended from the second half of the movie, when the fun and games are through and the two boys find themselves locked in the rear, trapped directly in the crossfire between a dirty cop and a desperate con.

Based on true events, this gripping period piece convincingly recreates a particularly dark pass in modern history, while evoking the plight of every innocent caught in the crossfire between rampaging armies and dogmatic beliefs.

When an artificial (Ambyr Childers) becomes self - aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian's mercenaries and a cop (Thomas Jane) who is hell - bent on shutting down Vice, and stopping the violence once and for all.

Synopsis: Tragedy strikes when a child is caught in the crossfire between a cop and a mobster on the streets of New York City.

In the midst of the 2012 crossfire between cops and criminals in the streets of Sao Paolo, five lives cross paths.

Torrente is a fascist, sexist, racist, drunk, and dirty former cop who soon finds himself caught in the crossfire between drug cartels and the Mafia.

Some parents caught in the crossfire between scientists and charlatans have decided, against all reason, that the vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases they protect against.

Police believe he was caught in the crossfire between rival gangs.

A day after the shooting, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said he believed that Gabay was caught in the crossfire between two rival rival gangs.

The death of an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was caught in the crossfire between two gangs hours before New York City's West Indian Day parade, should be a call to action to quell gun violence in the city, the governor told mourners Saturday at the slain aide's funeral.

Gabay was walking with his brother near the Brooklyn parade route at 3:40 a.m. when he was caught in the crossfire between two gangs, according to police officials.

An aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was shot in the crossfire between two gangs hours before the city's West Indian Day parade died Wednesday, police said.

The shootings were a depressing replay of the deadly violence that overshadowed J'ouvert last year, when Carey Gabay, a former aide to Gov. Cuomo, was caught in the crossfire between rival gangs and killed.

New York City police say they've made an arrest in the death of an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was caught in the crossfire between two gangs last year.

I pray for courage to be in each school — the students, their parents, their teachers — who still stands in the crossfire between extremists and education even now today.

Not exact matches

Qualcomm has been caught in the crossfires of growing trade tensions between the China and U.S..

I will leave it to The Sun's political reporters to write about who «won» or «lost» this cooked - up and dumbed - down TV cartoon of a debate between Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Texas counterpart Rick Perry Wednesday on CNN's «Crossfire.»

Even the president's sister, Ruth Carter Stapleton, who backed off from a rally of would - be converters of Jews on Long Island, and evangelist Billy Graham, who had to correct or retract a McCall's magazine interview on the subject, were not astute enough to avoid crossfire in the no - man's - land between the zealots and the civil.

He explains how the culture war between gays and Christians leaves people like him, a gay Christian, caught in the crossfire.

I. Background of the Dialogue between Process Thinkers and Evangelicals The publication of Pinnock's Theological Crossfire (1990) signaled a significant change in the tenor of evangelical responses to process thought.

American whiskey has become the latest victim caught in the crossfire of the ongoing trade spat between the US and China, with China announcing an additional list of 106 products to be hit with a punitive 25 % tariff.

That's why, as with most strikes in the public sector, who backs down most will not depend on a direct conflict between workers and management as to who can inflict or sustain most pain; too many members of the public would be caught in the crossfire and both sides» reputations would suffer unacceptably.

Yolanda Foster, Amnesty International's Sri Lanka expert, said: «Blurring the distinction between civilians and combatants means that thousands of ordinary people, desperate to flee the conflict area, are at greater risk of reprisals and getting caught in the crossfire.»

Gabay, a Harvard graduate and Bronx native, was shot in the head after being caught in the crossfire of an altercation between rival gangs.

The early skirmishing between Nixon and Cuomo is getting serious with the Working Families Party in the crossfire.

Last year, Carey Gabay, a lawyer who worked for the Cuomo administration, was killed after he was caught in the crossfire of a shootout between rival gangs, and another man was fatally stabbed in a separate episode.

Juan was caught in the crossfire of a shootout that allegedly occurred on June 29 between Magee and at least two other gunmen who were in a passing vehicle.

The rest appears to be material that had been sitting quietly between the stars before getting caught up in the crossfire.

But her caution didn't prevent her from being caught in the crossfire of another partisan clash between Republicans and Democrats on the science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Otherwise, it's actually not a bad little film; Joaquin Phoenix amiably treads the line between immorality and charm, Ed Harris is as reliable as ever as the impotent base commander who is caught in the crossfire and Scott Glenn is a first rate Nazi war veteran.

From then on, war is waged between the Russians and the police, leaving Bobby caught in the crossfire, having to confront his loyalty to the family that has all but disowned him and his Russian brothers who are out to snuff them out.

The fourth annual State of American Education will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the national level.

Slotting nicely between, say, a Mazda Miata and a Chevrolet Corvette, the Crossfire Roadster has style, but there's enough substance to make it worthwhile.

There's a war raging between Facebook and Google - owned YouTube, and some shelters and rescue groups may find themselves caught in the crossfire.

The continual political «gotcha» game between the two sides will no doubt leave animals dead in the crossfire.

This is just the latest development in a battle between two tech titans that leaves consumers left in the crossfire.