The chief executives of the companies, Steven P. Jobs of Apple and Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, speak in combative terms about the competition.
Pompeo has described Iran in combative terms in the past, vowing to "crush" its proxy forces across the Middle East.
And in a signal that he planned to turn an outspoken campaign into a combative second term, Rouhani also thanked reformist figurehead Mohammad Khatami, his most important ally and backer.
He thanked his reformist predecessor, Mohammad Khatami, defying a ban on mentioning the name of the ex-president — a sign that he will translate his impressive mandate into a combative second term.
"If you look at the campaign statements, Romney has been much more combative in terms of US economic rivalry".
Flouting normally polite Washington conventions, EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox has sometimes fought back in the most combative — and rudest — terms.
The headline-grabbing contracts for Machado, Harper and Trout came in the final reel of an offseason that further exposed a rot within the mechanics of the sport's economics, systemic problems that portend a combative renegotiation of terms when the current collective bargaining agreement between the players and owners expires after the 2021 season.
He will speak for his constituents by articulating their resentments in more strident, more combative, more articulate terms than they can themselves, which is why they find him brilliant.
Both parts of the binomial name refer to the aggressive behaviour of the bird at its mating arenas; Philomachus is derived from Ancient Greek philo- "loving" and machē "battle", and pugnax from the Latin term for "combative".
"The big, structural reform that's so clearly needed has been repeatedly undermined by the short-term and combative nature of our political system," King will say.
