So far, the war has been ugly, vicious and protracted, with no side willing to admit defeat.
Sinuous triplet figures gradually accelerate through different sections of the orchestra and move upward in register as the chorus sustains the note B. That note then becomes the center of a blazing B-major triad, but the gestation of the chord is painful and protracted, with sharp semitone dissonances persisting right up to the final bar.
After a heated and protracted negotiation with the FCB that included a state-imposed mediation process, the Springfield Education Association agreed to a contract in September 2006.
"Confusion about the content of technology releases and protracted problems with getting the system to work contributed to a growing gap between technology development and what system users expected," the NAO concluded.
That bombing came almost exactly four months after the U.S. military thought it had prevailed in Iraq, and it launched the insurgency, the bloody and protracted struggle with guerrilla fighters that has tied the United States down to this day.
The battle lines were drawn within months of Kirchner taking office, when she levied a new tax on agricultural exports that prompted national strikes and road blockages; before long, she was embroiled in an ugly and protracted fight with the media conglomerate Clarín.
The battle lines were drawn within months of Kirchner taking office, when she levied a new tax on agricultural exports that prompted national strikes and road blockages; before long, she was embroiled in an ugly and protracted fight with the media conglomerate Clarín.
"Unfortunately, however, following long and protracted talks with Peter Johnson, and despite agreement in respect of many areas, we have been unable to conclude a final agreement.
GM's fourth-quarter filing was delayed by a month and a half due to accounting errors on previous earnings and protracted negotiations with Cerberus over GMAC's value.
The ship sailed from Malta on 30 October but did not arrive on site until 26 December, delayed largely by unanticipated and protracted negotiations with the Turkish authorities.
Claudia Polsky, deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice's Environment Section, says the inability to publicly disclose ingredient information has left California unable to assure its residents that pesticides the state wants to use for various purposes are safe, resulting in lawsuits, injunctions, and protracted negotiations with pesticide manufacturers.
