Word: tug-of-war
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Originally, Pickens embroiled himself in a tug-of-war with the late Citgo in the summer of 1982. In trying to take over Citgo, Pickens found Citgo returning the assault with its own takeover bid for Mesa...
...play runs quickly and roughly. The ball comes out of a rope less tug-of-war of human bodies, the scrum half whips the ball out to his backs, who advance in a wedge, passing the ball along just before falling to on opponent's tackle. Sometimes the backs kick the ball; other times they get tackled, drop the ball, the forwards fight over it and the play starts again...
Instead, the court is pulled first thisaway, then thataway in a shifting tug-of-war as the Justices align themselves differently on almost every case. That tendency, noted in earlier terms, had been called a temporary phenomenon while a new majority matured. It now seems clear that the nature of this court is not to be an ideological player in the nation's politics, but rather to be an umpire calling the plays of others...
...spin-off should make it easier for each company to satisfy its own considerable capital needs. Said Munro: "At the moment, we inevitably have a continuing tug-of-war between widely different needs that have to be evaluated from distinctly different perspectives...
...MILLER TIME. Below, a catamaran emblazoned with the Schlitz brand name cruises by, followed by a fleet of sailboards that extol SALEM SPIRIT. At one of the 380 or so hotels that line the 23 miles of beach, John Bradley, 22, a recent Cornell graduate, is conducting poolside tug-of-war and trivia contests sponsored by Camel cigarettes while half a dozen pretty assistants distribute T shirts, hats and other souvenirs...