Word: deadlocking
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...widely praised, as was his order to cut back on the powers of the secret police. But Egypt suffered from an inferiority complex brought on by its resounding defeat in the June 1967 war with Israel. Antagonism was at a high and the prospect for breaking the Arab-Israeli deadlock seemed non-existant...
...retrospect, the decision to wage war on Israel with a surprise attack on Yom Kippur day, 1973, was a political masterstroke. All at once, Sadat restored Egyptian pride, broke the deadlock, and spurred Washington to alleviate tensions in the Middle East. If this was indeed the result Sadat had in mind, he could not have found a better way to achieve...
...booters could have picked any one of a number of excuses after last night's contest--a letdown from Wednesday's tremendous 0-0 deadlock with Hartwick, the eight-hour bus ride to Ithaca, or the unfamiliar astroturf and game time...
...nuclear weapons in Europe. While the majority party, the CDA, favors Reagan's plans, the D'66 and the PvDA, two parties which, absolutely critical to the success of the government, were elected on an anti-nuclear platform. As a result, the Netherlands' government has been entered into a deadlock, leaving it catatonic on the subject of nuclear arms. This frozen state drives the Dutch daily to an increasingly precarious position regarding the U.S.--their most valuable ally...
Said Venezuelan Energy Minister Humberto Calderon Berti bluntly: "There is simply no reason for us to come down in price." The makings of a deadlock were suddenly present...