The mutual finger-pointing underscored the seeming intractability of the war in the South Caucasus, and immediately raised doubts that anything would come of the renewed international pressure.
Nor, of course, would be the inner circle of Hillary Clinton's advisers be in such a state of misery and mutual finger-pointing as it is now.
"Instead of the mutual finger-pointing, they are saying, 'Let's get on with it,' " said Paul Sheard, an economist at Lehman Brothers in Tokyo.
Officials had to separate the respective coaches after they became embroiled in a heated bout of mutual finger-pointing at the end of the game, which finished 102-94 in the Americans' favour.
Mrs Feinstein, who is herself Jewish, last week invited Mr Netanyahu to meet privately with members of Congress to explain his worries about Iran, but he declined.Real policy differences lurk beneath all the shouting and mutual finger-pointing about who is insulting whom.
In this atmosphere of mutual finger-pointing there now appears to be a total lack of trust between Moscow and the West.
"Over and over again we see this mutual finger-pointing that, because it increases uncertainty, redounds to the benefit of both industries," Muffett said.
Animosity among Europeans is at an all-time high, with Greeks and Germans, in particular, having descended to the point of moral grandstanding, mutual finger-pointing, and open antagonism.
Given CBS's substantial investment in their new signing, Madinger and Easter write, the album's apparent failure led to a period of "mutual finger-pointing between Paul and Columbia Records", lasting until his contract expired in 1985.
