Sentences with phrase «tussle among»

When science is testing new ideas, the result is often a two - papers - forward - one - paper - back intellectual tussle among competing research teams.

Not exact matches

But that's the way it is with most golfers» wives; among them, only Joan Ragan, Vivienne Player and Ann Stranahan have ever given par a serious tussle.
The duo, upon assuming their respective positions, have constantly been engaged in power tussle and having such hostility pronounced among their supporters in the state.
«Zhang Yimou has strenuously denied that Raise the Red Lantern, itself a violent tale of revolt and repression in the master's house, was a vehicle of political critique... Sex and power, seized and stifled, are the intertwined subjects... The film's tale of tit - for - tat machination among a wealthy man's indentured wives determines its stylistic tussle between expression and restraint...»
Of course, that statement contains a potential internal inconsistency that presents a sobering reality check for anyone seeking consensus among a vastly different range of parties — whether they are 192 rich and poor countries tussling over a climate treaty or 50 states, with varied levels of dependence on fossil fuels, pondering a climate bill.
From now through early next week, much of the discussion will center on «non-papers» bristling with bracketed phrases that will be the subject of intense [negotiations][tussles][fights] among 196 nations rich and poor, dry and wet, north and south, bountiful and barren.
Shelby has tussled with the OCC in the past, including in 2004 when he questioned rulings by the regulator that would let industrial loan companies — corporations that operate a bank to make loans to their customers, among other things — open branches across state lines.
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