When he described a standoff in a shwarma shop -- "Carry on cutting the finest cuts of chicken from the big spinning stick/ Then over flies a chip, flips, and hits you on the back/You spin round on the attack" -- each rhyme and near-rhyme contributed to the propulsive energy.
Those on the front lines of real estate describe an absolute standoff between buyers and sellers.
Those on the front lines of real estate describe an unusual standoff between buyers, who can afford to be fickle as rarely before, and sellers, who feel they cannot go lower.
Framed by a buoyant peek at the past and a chilling, defiant look toward the future, Brian B. Crowe's new adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry VI" trilogy wrestles this seldom-played, ungainly behemoth to what could best be described as a standoff.
The conference came on the heels of a change in leadership at the council and a rumored rift there, which some described as a standoff between atheists, who focus on God's nonexistence, and humanists, who are also nonbelievers but seek an alternative ethical system, one that does not depend on any deity.
But reports have described a "mid-ocean standoff" between Indonesia and Australia over where those rescued will be returned.
The complaint describes the standoff as "a massive armed assault against federal law enforcement officers in and around Bunkerville, Nevada, in order to extort the officers" into releasing 400 seized cattle.
A source close to the matter described this standoff as a "dead end" for VK.com's founder.
Professor Cain described the standoff as a "game of chicken" where "each side refuses to swerve".
An official of her party, the National League for Democracy, described the standoff as a "war of endurance".
