Sentence examples for makes the standoff from inspiring English sources

On a continent where coups and stolen elections are far from uncommon, one thing makes the standoff over Ivory Coast exceptional: all the major powers in Africa and overseas agree that Laurent Gbagbo, the strongman leader, must go.

That is what makes the Google-China standoff so fascinating.

The other cloud is that Bundy remains ostracised by some former cheerleaders such as Rand Paul and Fox News's Sean Hannity over racist comments made after the standoff ended last April.

But Mr. Clinton is also likely to be recalled as the president who presided over -- some will say helped spark -- one of the greatest surges in prosperity and innovation in American history, and who helped make the transition from the standoff of the cold war to an era in which American influence was unchallenged.

They escaped Sunday relatively unscathed, but that doesn't make this standoff any less irritating.

The chain of decisions leading to the standoff that has made the city of nearly 300,000 people in the Sunni heartland a symbol of the insurgency also illustrates conflicting military strategies and shifting political aims.

And even though many conservative House Republicans didn't want to cave, others feared that extending the standoff would only make the situation worse.

Ebadi says the nuclear standoff has made the Iranian regime attractive to disaffected young people elsewhere in the Middle East whose governments are unelected.

For example, one good reason (among many) for the United States to work more vigorously with the Israelis and Palestinians is that the Saudi population's anger over the Arab-Israeli standoff has made the Saudi leadership cautious of taking actions that they expect could be unpopular.

Another senator's mother was elderly and it was unclear whether she'd make it through the standoff.

Just as important, any military standoff would only make the Pakistani Army more influential in Islamabad — precisely what India least desires.