"I've always felt it's not just at arms length, but it's at times adversarial," he said of his relationship with TheStreet.com.
For example, Italy adopted procedures modeled on U.S. law, making the procedures at trial adversarial in character.
In many cases, the pendulum has swung so far that CEOs now face a wary and, at times, adversarial relationship with board members.
Several former city officials described an at times adversarial relationship between Ms. Sadik-Khan and some of the mayor's top advisers.
"If you look at an adversarial relationship between people trying to control the distribution of information and people trying to seek the information, both sides have new tools," he said.
This is a necessity, particularly in North Yorkshire as prolonged historical issues between the two caused an at times adversarial atmosphere and the development of a particularly risk adverse culture.
Journalists say they have become accustomed to periods of calm in the newsroom interrupted by flare-ups; Mr. Wright, Ms. Robison and others describe a strained, and at times adversarial, relationship with the paper's new leaders.
For this reason, it is only natural that explicit labels and examples assist our human subjects, and that a given object identity isn't immediately forthcoming upon looking at the adversarial images.
Burning Man's intertwined and at times, adversarial relationship with electronic music culture has dated back to nearly the beginning of its existence.
