A few months ago, Sima Nan, a Chinese journalist who has made a career out of debunking claims of mystics, gurus and pseudo-scientists across China, praised the government's handling of the situation, and in July predicted a quick end to the confrontation.
Mr. Gbagbo's renewed pugnacity, before Sunday's attack, appeared to make unlikely a quick resolution of the military confrontation between him and Mr. Ouattara that is ravaging Abidjan.
The talks could bring a quick end to an increasingly hostile confrontation between the two brewers, one that began with InBev formally offering $46.3 billion last month.
With such strong rhetoric on both sides, it's hard to see a quick or quiet ending to this confrontation.
A conviction for cooking could bring a quick and farcical end to Mr. Samak's confrontation with protesters who have blockaded his office for nearly two weeks, demanding his resignation.
Yet as with the confrontation at Wigan, Carver's tangle with Bellamy during his spell at Newcastle as Robson's assistant, from 1999-2004, suggests a quick temper.
— Gathered for a retreat to map out how to manage coming confrontations with President Obama and Congressional Democrats, often combative House Republicans seemed on Thursday to be looking for a quick way out of one imminent fight.
