While the details remained sketchy, her remarks could have far-reaching consequences, given the confrontation between Google and the Chinese government over the company's assertion that its networks had been subject to a sophisticated attack that originated in mainland China.
If you blinked you missed it and Sky Sports, which had given the confrontation the big build-up, failed on this occasion to do an action replay... at least until half-time.
Given the confrontations with authorities in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, many analysts expect oil prices, and global markets, to remain volatile in the coming days, even as the opposition in Egypt rallies around Mohamed ElBaradei.
The comparison was intended, his aides acknowledged, to give the confrontation a sense of urgency and to explain why the United States could wait only weeks or months to disarm the Iraqi leader.
But America is especially thrusting, and at the same time especially wedded to the rights of individuals, which gives the confrontation a flavour subtly different to anything elsewhere in the world.In Japan, at least until recently, the inconvenient smallholders would have been menaced by tattooed gangsters; they would soon have sold out.
"It is important for Australia to have a monitoring presence in the Southern Ocean given the risk of confrontation between whalers and protestors," he said.
Given the nature of the confrontation and swearing, it is likely Anton Ferdinand could be charged, as well as Terry.
In recent years the argument has been made that the attention given to the confrontation between Mr. Fischer and Mr. Spassky had little to do with the cold war.
They become vulnerable people having a heated confrontation; given the time and other pressures, it is an impressive process to watch.
The National Association of Manufacturers, whose members have pushed previous administrations to get tougher with China, was pleased, but also cautious given the potential for a confrontation that could exacerbate global woes.
Its crew of 30, held incommunicado since the seizure, includes citizens of 18 countries, among them one American, raising the prospect of a diplomatic confrontation given the gravity of the piracy charges, which carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
