Sentence examples for ideological standoff from inspiring English sources

For many here, the rulings highlighted an ideological standoff on the court, in which two Republicans have voted with the court's two Democrats on some issues.

The result is a continuation of the ideological standoff that has defined fiscal policy since the Republicans took control of Congress in 1994.

We have retreated to our respective political corners and armed ourselves in an ideological standoff over the very meaning of America, having diametrically opposed interpretations of its past and visions for its future.

As John Markoff, a reporter for The Times, put it in his 2005 book, "What the Dormouse Said," it was a primal ideological standoff between an "anarchic cadre of programmers and hardware tinkerers" and profit-hungry business.

Such aggressive interpretation of the rules is likely to occur again, particularly since the FEC, which is tasked with enforcing campaign finance rules, is mired in an ideological standoff, election law experts said.

Both sides said they wanted to avoid an ideological standoff over how to combat a slowdown that began a year ago and intensified after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Reflecting on the ideological standoffs of the Cold War, Havel was convinced that "a genuine, profound and lasting change for the better... can no longer result from the victory of any particular traditional conception".

Can responsible policies and creative thinking lead to more sustainable, diversified funding for our national parks and create revenue streams that are less affected by political cycles and ideological standoffs?

America is riddled with dissension and ideological standoffs over politics, religion, gender bias, racial and sexual prejudice, the economy, the environment, jobs, health, education and the role of government -- just to mention a few of the ways we tend to disagree.

But I see the first signs of this, and those signs are that the old ideological standoffs have dissipated, as have automatic national enmities.

The standoff exploded into an ideological North-South dispute over whether trade took precedence over the lives of the poor.