We batted other issues back and forth trying to avoid that essential disconnect.
Stanford had been frustrated by, among other issues, the back-and-forth negotiating that the city did once the university had submitted its bid in October, according to an earlier report by The New York Times.
There was a bigger issue underlying the back-and-forth: How far should government go in allowing landowners to protect their beachfront properties, given that many solutions, like building hard beach barricades, can in some cases cause worse erosion nearby?
While the debate over Iran is unlikely to overshadow the economy as the predominant election issue, the heated back-and-forth this week — and the international tension over suspicions that Iran may seek to build nuclear weapons — ensure that it is now a part of the presidential contest.
The specific swap transactions at issue are contemporaneous back-and-forth purchases and sales of "indefeasible rights of use" -- ironclad contracts that allow one carrier to use capacity on the other carrier's network for long periods to carry calls, data or video transmissions.
"This is not the Bronx," Mr. Warner told the judge as the issue went back and forth.
Although the government is reluctant to discuss the issue, hopscotching back and forth between private and public care has long been standard here for those who can afford it.
The balance of power between blacks and whites in New Orleans has been an issue for decades, a back-and-forth that has only intensified since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, now that every election is a referendum on the future of the city.
Even before the disclosure of Mr. Bush's decision, the drilling issue caused a heated back-and-forth on the campaign trail on Tuesday, as Mr. McCain sought to straddle the divide between environmentalists and the energy industry, while facing accusations from his Democratic opponent, Senator Barack Obama, that he had flip-flopped and capitulated to the oil industry.
Brian M. Cogan, a federal judge and friend, said Judge Korman ruminates on issues, going back and forth "like those old cartoons with the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other".
