Trump, who tolerated him at first, eventually turned on Bush in a tart and petty exchange which scarcely rose above the level of playground taunts about who was toughest.
Without understanding how these two leaders approach and analyze problems, without having a clear sense of their differentiated approaches, we will be mired in the ephemera of polls, horse race journalism and the petty exchange of complaints arising from alleged missteps.
Whether they were petty exchanges over the floral arrangements at Chelsea Clinton's wedding, e-spats with her husband or government-related correspondence that she should have turned over, every website, broadcast outlet and print publication would be quoting from them.
The manager, Felix Velazquez, 55, pleaded guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court to one count of petty larceny in exchange for a sentence of 15 days of community service and a $1,000 fine.
Of all the daily constructive exchanges, petty spats and frenetic 140-character volleys among Twitter's fantasy freaks, the issue of obsession – addiction – is rarely broached.
Although undoubtedly initiated over something petty through her exchanges with Sunderland, Banks unearths a specific brand of misogyny that is rarely discussed but paramount in our society: the condescending nature of gay men towards women.
Gregory Sokol, 39, pleaded guilty to a count of petty larceny, and, in exchange for his cooperation, was to be sentenced to three years probation and fined $1,000, said the Bronx district attorney, Robert Johnson.
If you look up "negative campaigning" on Wikipedia, the interactive Internet encyclopedia, you will learn that "mudslinging has been called 'as American as Mississippi mud.' " Click on "mudslinging" and there it is: "The exchange of petty, vicious insults, especially between candidates in an election.
By Nick Paumgarten If you look up "negative campaigning" on Wikipedia, the interactive Internet encyclopedia, you will learn that "mudslinging has been called 'as American as Mississippi mud.' " Click on "mudslinging" and there it is: "The exchange of petty, vicious insults, especially between candidates in an election.
Don't get into petty arguments or abusive exchanges, they ruin your game and could possibly get you banned from the server.
I can be assured that the book's publication will anger one of my competitors and lead to an exchange of increasingly petty correspondence in the letters section of a prominent book review, the publication of a snipey memoir or a lawsuit, preferably in London during the theater season.... my computer can be equipped to create, at my prompting, the sound of applause.
