Word: deadlocking
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...impression of stalemate deepened when Brezhnev, presumably preoccupied by the Middle East crisis, failed to show up for a luncheon given by Tanaka. The deadlock persisted through more talks, often heated, with other Soviet officials. But just before Tanaka was scheduled to depart, the impasse was broken. An intentionally vague joint communique committed the Russians to continuing the discussions in 1974 for the purpose of signing a peace treaty and resolving "various outstanding questions left over since World War II." Though not mentioned specifically, the four disputed islands are clearly to be included...
...theory had it that Egypt and Syria had decided on a quick show of strength-a rapid strike across the canal followed by a rapid withdrawal-as a way of breaking the longstanding deadlock over negotiations on the territory captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and still held by Israel. Given Israel's well-known stubborn refusal to bow to force, such a plan seemed to be hardly credible...
Behind righthander Tom Seaver, with ninth-inning relief from Tug McGraw, the Mets exploded a 2-2 deadlock with a four-run fifth inning to win the best of five game series, three...
...game was a scoreless deadlock until midway through the third quarter when Wendel, the adjustor (O'Neill's name for a middle line backer-safety), intercepted an errant screen pass and ran it back for a touchdown. James Curry added the point after to make the score...
While that deadlock persisted, a new threat arose. Billie Jean King, a longtime advocate of larger purses for women, considered trying to organize the women players to hold out for equal prizes (the men share $70,500 at Wimbledon, v. $50,500 for the women). That idea fizzled, however. Rather than equal pay, the women will receive a bonus of attention. The men's competition may be crippled, but for the first time this year, the Big Four of women's tennis-Australia's Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong and the U.S.'s King and Chris...