The authorities had aimed to avoid a similar showdown over the new real-name requirement.
But privately, several administration officials and Middle East experts said that Mr. Obama is girding for a protracted showdown with the new Israeli government over the pursuit of Palestinian statehood.
[A16.] CBS Has Early Ratings Victory CBS triumphed Wednesday night in the most anticipated ratings showdown of the new television season -- between its "C.S.I.: N.Y".
Rupert Murdoch's News International is thought to have prepared a legal fund of £100m to settle civil litigation actions brought by victims of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal ahead of a High Court showdown in the new year.
Thirty-six years later, the question is what is more important in Iran: hanging on to the American prisoners until its own Presidential election in May, or releasing them to prevent a showdown with the new Trump Administration?
Yesterday, the president took a shot across the bow at Mr Lieberman by saying that a two-state solution was "a goal that the parties agreed to in the road map and at Annapolis".According to the New York Times, "several administration officials and Middle East experts said that Mr Obama is girding for a protracted showdown with the new Israeli government over the pursuit of Palestinian statehood".
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Instead, lawmakers again found a way to sidestep many of the prickliest issues and in the process set up other, potentially more severe, showdowns in the new year.
The fight, which ended with a quick knockout of the white contender Jerry Quarry, was only a tuneup for Ali's anticipated showdown with Frazier, the new champion.
(He also generated his quotient of regional notoriety, staging an annual Christmas display on the grounds of his home, complete with lights, music and 135 Disney figures that he carved from wood — until, in 1953, town officials banned the display for causing traffic jams. The showdown generated prominent coverage in The New York Times, among other publications).
The budget showdown between Democrats and the new House Republican majority is caught up in strong political currents since House conservatives are pushing for steep spending cuts in the current fiscal year and pressing the leadership to not give much ground.
