Even then, the result was at best a standoff, with huge casualties.
Of course, at the most emotionally wrenching moment in this father-daughter standoff, a huge oil pump rolled in and kicked into action.
The ensuing eight-month standoff caused huge turmoil in the country, ending only when Mr Ratsiraka fled to France, where he now lives in exile.
The acting consists of emblematic posing, mostly: facial expressions to denote huge emotions and operatic standoffs between characters singing arias at each other.
A seven-year standoff over a huge commercial development that threatened New York City's water supply has been all but settled with a new agreement that would permanently protect sensitive lands while providing an economic transfusion to an area of New York State that could use one.
The messy standoff has been a huge headache for the U.S., which is a major diplomatic partner to both sides.
Without White House involvement, the standoff is likely to remain a huge battle.
Behind-the-scenes disputes over huge sums are common in banking, but the standoff between A.I.G. and Goldman would become one of the most momentous in Wall Street history.
Right now, she said, there is a standoff in the market, with buyers expecting huge discounts and sellers resisting.
TOKYO — Top executives at Olympus, the camera maker, may seek to keep their jobs despite a huge accounting scandal, the president said Thursday, intensifying a standoff with Michael C. Woodford, the ousted chief executive, and throwing the company's future into further disarray.
