This was a sadly predictable outcome of the standoff, as we noted at the outset.
During the standoff, Durbrow ambivalently noted "We consider it overriding importance to Vietnam and Free World that agreement be reached soonest in order avoid continued division, further bloodshed with resultant fatal weakening Vietnam's ability [to] resist communists".
As the standoff continued, one intelligence report noted that inside the Libyan embassy in London "most of the people appear to have been concerned with packing and making other arrangements to leave, such as the acquisition of consumer goods".
IGN's Nadia Oxford said that nearly two decades since the release, its final boss fight against Giygas continues to be "one of the most epic video game standoffs of all time" and noted its emotional impact.
Despite the proliferation of national and international laws, policies and ethical guidelines, some disputes remain intractable, some participants noted, like the long standoff between Britain and Greece over the Parthenon statues that Lord Elgin removed from the Acropolis two centuries ago.
Some have already noted the potential for a detonation of the current invisible Mexican standoff in the shape of Giles' own functioning relationship with Pietersen.
Today TIPSTER and ATLAS are noted as the source of the seminal concepts of the annotation graph and standoff annotations.
The Times noted fears in some quarters that gas could jump to $5 a gallon if the standoff with Iran disrupted world supplies.
Economists have noted for years that Russia and the United States have relatively little direct trade compared with the size of their economies — a legacy of the superpower standoff and politics today.
And as Mr. Bush's aides noted, the unexpectedly high expenditures by Mr. Kerry, combined with television spending by independent liberal and Democratic organizations attacking Mr. Bush, outpaced Mr. Bush's spending, suggesting that the two sides had advertised themselves into a standoff.
