Word: standoff
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...standings, having won 13 times, compared to seven each for runners-up Harvard and Army. In last year's meet, the Eli's were picked to place no better then third, behind the Crimson and the Cadets, but outstanding performances in the running events, coupled with a Harvard-Army standoff in the weight events, allowed the Bulldogs to edge Army by one point...
Question of Confidence. De Gaulle had to settle for a standoff. Now he must somehow achieve a labor settlement that will be noninflationary, yet generous enough to head off upheavals by workers. The government, aware that any wage boosts of more than 6% a year would greatly aggravate inflation and almost certainly force the franc's devaluation, has offered workers in nationalized industries only 4%. The unions are holding out for 10% or more. De Gaulle's immediate problem is that he will either have to accept devaluation or pursue the kind of restrictive policies that could bring...
...Crimson surprised everyone by playing the Pioneers to a 2-2 standoff in the opening period, but the outmanned skaters failed to convert three power plays into goals and never challenged again...
...their first meeting two weeks ago at Watson Rink, the two teams played to a 1-1 standoff through two periods before Harvard finally pulled away with six goals in the final period to win handily...
Subversive Interpretation. As Illich told it to New York Times Religion Editor Edward B. Fiske, the outcome in the musty Vatican basements was a standoff. He refused to take an oath of secrecy, refused to answer questions un til a list of charges had been presented to him. When the "charges" finally appeared, they turned out to be a list of 85 questions under such headings as "Weird Conceptions about the Clergy in the Church," and "Subversive Interpretation Concerning the Liturgy and Ecclesiastical Discipline." Sample question: "How do you respond to those who present you as petulant, adventurous, imprudent, fanatical...