Word: tug-of-war
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...Thompson: So far, the biggest problem to come out of the hearing is the traditional tug-of-war between local rights and national interests. Norton repeatedly says she wants to consult with locals to work out problems, but it is less clear what compelling national interests would be balanced against those local demands...
...game was a tug-of-war affair early, with neither team asserting itself. With six minutes remaining in the half, Harvard was tied with Colgate...
...courtroom as they have been this weekend, but these two have the court of public opinion to worry about. And so, by the time the biggest mini-trial in electoral history slouched to a close Sunday night in Tallahassee (boiling down anew into a 14,000-vote legal tug-of-war between David Boies and Barry Richard), George W. Bush had sent his main man out of the bunker to turn up the heat. Al Gore, over in his bunker, acted like it tickled...
While George W. Bush and Al Gore were engaging in their historic presidential tug-of-war, TIME was also making a change of leadership, although without any rancor and contentiousness. I am pleased to report that Walter Isaacson, who has been managing editor of TIME for the past five years, will become editorial director of Time Inc., the Time Warner division that publishes more than 40 magazines, including TIME, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE, FORTUNE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, MONEY and INSTYLE. Walter's successor as TIME's 15th managing editor will be Jim Kelly, who is moving up from his role as deputy...
...forget it!" Nick says. "It's all the conversation! Anybody who's not into it is just shut out of it! Our bar--everybody's a Yankees fan. In Flushing, where I live--all Mets. Both places, it's tense! There's gonna be fisticuffs before this tug-of-war's through. It's just like...