Instead, you recommend the European approach to international diplomacy: move the issue back and forth, possibly getting near a goal, and maybe achieving success sometime in the future.
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.
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".
To hear him tell it, "Parker Spitzer" is like a courtroom, a place where "smart people can discuss tough issues; go back and forth and challenge each other; probe each other for weaknesses in the argument; and force resolution if possible".
The issues swap back and forth.
"I've spent more time with Tom Coburn than almost any Republican talking about these issues, going back and forth.
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.
"They want to inflame and create issues that extend the back-and-forth.
