That sets the stage for another fiscal showdown when the current fiscal year ends on October 1st, a month before elections in which all members of the House, a third of senators and the president all face the voters.
Of course, this showdown of the current golfing trinity provides further evidence – if anybody out there is naive enough to still require some – that the "draws" in professional golf events aren't completely random.
This has dented Sony's reputation just as it is trying to emphasise its technical prowess.The industry had been preparing for a showdown between Sony, the current champion, and Microsoft, its deep-pocketed challenger.
The split brought a peaceable solution to a potential showdown between Leslie Moonves Leslie Moonves, the current head of CBS and co-president of Viacom, and Thomas Freston Thomas Freston, the longtime chief of MTV and Viacom's other co-president.
With unanimity, they have depicted the current showdown as India's final battle against terrorism.
Mr. Ahmadinejad is determined to avoid their fate, and that, say Iran experts, set off the current showdown.
The French media have portrayed the current showdown over pension reform as a defining moment for Mr. Sarkozy that could decide his fate in presidential elections in 2012.
The current showdown began in September, when Al Franken, the Minnesota Democrat, refused to return a blue slip for Trump's nomination of David Stras, a Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court, to serve on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The immediate cause of the current showdown was Amaury's decision to bar Astana — a team run by Johan Bruyneel, who was Lance Armstrong's former team director on the Discovery Channel squad, which is now defunct.
The current showdown and Mr. O'Shea's parting comments made for a remarkable statement by an editor who was seen as a Tribune loyalist and was sent to Los Angeles to calm a rebellious staff.
