"The empire is preparing to strike back — again" writes John Markoff.
But Mr. Lazio defended the letter, saying he needed to strike back after Mrs. Clinton began broadcasting a series of negative television advertisements a couple of weeks ago.
Cutting prices and raising sales With Aldi, Lidl and the likes of Poundland setting a new low bar in customers' expectations on price, Tesco needed to strike back under Lewis in order to regain credibility.
But even as Mr. Bradley contends that he will try to stay above the messy fray, his aides said they recognized that they, and Mr. Bradley's prominent supporters, will need to strike back faster and perhaps more fiercely against Mr. Gore when he goes on the offensive.
They need to strike back, and go on the offense, now that the initial signup period is over (and will soon be yesterday's news).
When she did feel the need to strike back, however, she was characteristically effective: one reviewer, she said, "was offended because I made the statement that it is customary for pesticide manufacturers to support research on chemicals in the universities..
As it was, he felt obliged to strike back.
But Tesco needs to strike a balance.
Pym needs Scott to strike back at Cross, and to this end allows him to wear his Starkian Ant-Man suit, to undergo the magic shrinking and indeed to train in martial arts and ant-ready-combat with his formidable daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly).
Over in that chamber, the 60-vote filibuster barrier could be turned back onto opponents as the minimum they would need to strike repeal from the defense bill.
