Sentence examples for during a showdown from inspiring English sources

Other elements include election strategy discussions; dealings with the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis; and Kennedy's work with his brother and attorney general, Robert F. Kennedy, during a showdown over integration with Gov. George Wallace of Alabama.

Even the heroine's mother, who is such a monster she could give welfare queens a bad name, gets to make her case in a perverse way during a showdown with a social worker played by Mariah Carey.

The case in question is a suit brought by a convicted bank robber against the manufacturer of his pistol, which failed to fire during a showdown with the police — a "business transaction" — "causing him not only loss of income but also significant psychic and physical distress".

If feedback about outcomes or information about an opponent's hand (e.g., during a showdown) were available, a Bayesian estimator would use this information to update its beliefs about the opponent, forming a posterior estimate to use for the next hand.

During a "showdown" with presenter Alex Brooker, who deployed a "bullshit buzzer" when he was unhappy with the quality of the Liberal Democrat leader's answers, Clegg faced a barrage of tricky questions.

During a showdown with the Catholic Church in the late 1960s, Anita Caspary and the Los Angeles order she led, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, were cast as "rebel nuns" for progressive reforms that included abandoning the nun's habit and suspending a fixed time for prayer.

Parliament's promise in August to pass a Lokpal bill led to a showdown during the winter session of Parliament in December.

In Budapest that year, he and his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, had a showdown during qualifying in which Alonso felt that he had not been supported by the team.

This is the third time that there's been a showdown during the Obama administration.

"Doyle, the girl's got a gun," Givens announced to a crooked policeman during a typical showdown.

The California State government employed this tactic in summer 2009 during a fiscal showdown in Sacramento, issuing 450,000 i.o.u.'s valued at approximately $2.6 billion.