Sentence examples for striking showdown from inspiring English sources
WASHINGTON — In a striking showdown between Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and a member of his own party, Mr. Levin said on Tuesday that he would remove a measure aimed at curbing sexual assault in the military from a defense spending bill.
There are no overt, bloody showdowns between striking workers and armed National Guardsmen whose paychecks come from corporate barons.
As Wisconsin's governor and public employees square off in the biggest public sector labor showdown since Ronald Reagan fired striking air traffic controllers in 1981, government employees' unions in a range of states are weighing whether to give ground on wages, benefits and work rules to preserve basic bargaining rights.
The showdown between NBC and the striking guild members was all too apparent between the lines.
During a 1974 showdown between the Park government and striking Dong-A Ilbo journalists, who objected to censorship and the presence of Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) agents in newspaper offices, Kim used his international contacts to bring pressure on the government, which had threatened to suspend the paper.
(Think about the hard time today's pundits might have had in 1960: Was Kennedy's win about Quemoy and Matsu or the missile gap -- or was the election a personal showdown between Kennedy's style and Nixon's downbeat persona?) There is a striking disconnect here.
However, Harrell outplayed McCoy head-to-head in the showdown last week, so Harrell has a leg up on him for now, but McCoy is within striking distance".
Donald Butler kept the San Diego Chargers within striking distance of the Denver Broncos heading into the locker room at halftime of their all-AFC West divisional-round playoff showdown and he may have gotten a little help from CBS.
