Sentence examples for this standoff of from inspiring English sources

This standoff of the sexes is overseen by an earthy goddess narrator, Hetaira (the commanding Liz Mikel), who doubles as the madam of the local whorehouse and who dispenses ancient wisdom in the style of the divine Aretha (as in Franklin).

In the face of this standoff, one of the Puerto Rico's top officials accused the protesters today of acting irresponsibly.

I suspect that this peculiar standoff — of sporadic, bureaucratic twitchings to remind the world that Mr. Polanski was still a fugitive, but no serious attempts at arrest — would have continued had it not been for Marina Zenovich's 2008 documentary, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired".

But records and interviews show that they rarely do so, making the state a useful laboratory for examining the consequences, as well as the politics, of this standoff over the limits of Second Amendment rights.

Because of this standoff, experts advise taking advantage of a variety of available tax breaks and incentives in the year's remaining weeks.

Cars were lined up on both sides of the standoff of the stuck.

The government did not immediately move to take Elian, and the standoff of more than four months continued.

The immediate result of this standoff can be seen in the Zwinger Palace, home of one of Europe's greatest collections of old masters paintings.