It could be a simmering long-term dispute about team loyalties or political affiliations; it could be a snap debate over what movie to watch.
AOL has pledged to explore ways to allow its instant messaging (IM) services to operate with Microsoft's own IM offering probably solving a long-term dispute between the firms.
Although O'Dwyer has been a critic of PRSA since the 1970s, this is often considered the beginning of a long-term dispute between PRSA and O'Dwyer that PR News described as a "never-ending back-and-forth".
"They're settling a long-term dispute between companies and the IRS at literally the same time they changed the bill to make every single tax cut for individuals and families expire after 2025, which creates enormous uncertainty for every household in the United States," Hanlon said.
In many instances, predator control has caused conflict between interest groups, and in some has formed the basis of a long-term dispute (e.g. Hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) [3]; Coyotes (Canis latrans), [1]).
Other compromises to long-term disputes in which a referendum was required, such as the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, demonstrate that national support is critical to building durable territorial settlements.
As for unruly neighbors, he said, he will buzz the offending apartment while the disturbance is under way (without saying who the complainant is), but he will not wade into long-term disputes.
Back then, the long-term conflict with governments about exposing such people was also a dispute about who defined power.
Over the long term, the industry vigorously disputes the notion that it is anywhere near slowing down.
And psychologists' concept of the "finite pool of worry" explains why threats to our children and planet can fall on deaf ears: Put simply, life's everyday challenges take priority over an issue which is long term, intangible and constantly disputed.
