At the café, Andrea, the brash, sassy freelance writer, gets into a passive-aggressive standoff with another patron vying for the table near the one accessible outlet.
"This is them [Chiringuito], they can't deny it – I have photos and videos [Frank showed VICE photos depicting a disconnected power box and a video showing a bizarrely passive-aggressive standoff between Frank and the developer, both filming each other, which didn't prove anything.] "I just want an easy life," Frank insists.
There were, and are, truthful observations in Ranjan's writing about the niggling passive-aggressive standoffs that can occur in modern relationships – over Facebook statuses and smartphone usage – and how new additions to social circles often upset established group dynamics.
This was the most aggressive, verbally violent, and savage standoff in more than 30 years of French presidential TV debates.
The standoff underlines China's aggressive pursuit of its territorial claims despite complaints from smaller nations such as Vietnam and the Philippines, which also claim parts of the waters.
Tsipras' radical-left Syriza party swept to power in January on an aggressive anti-austerity platform, setting up the current standoff with Greece's creditors.
Its ascent to power in elections in January on an aggressive anti-austerity platform set the stage for Greece's standoff with its international lenders.
Throughout the standoff, India's governing Congress party emphasized quiet diplomacy over an aggressive public response, angering members of other political parties and even leading some to suggest that the situation called for war with China.
Here's a summary of where things stand: A series of low-level but tense standoffs persisted on the Crimean peninsula, as Russian forces backed by reportedly aggressive irregular militias held positions outside Ukrainian bases and at key border posts.
