Sentence examples for through the standoff from inspiring English sources

Mr. Obama said consistently through the standoff that he was willing to have a wide-ranging budget negotiation once the government was reopened and the debt limit raised.

Another senator's mother was elderly and it was unclear whether she'd make it through the standoff.

In the middle of the neutral zone, where camerapeople dart across the road to get pictures from either side, a jolly little tourist bus suddenly appears, small and white and done out like a train, pootling through the standoff as if it were taking visitors to the beach.

Although opposition activists are getting their messages out of Bahrain through the Web, the standoff is a reminder, on the eve of a presidential debate in the United States, of uncomfortable questions about American support for Bahrain's monarchy in a region where entrenched autocracies are under threat from popular uprisings.

But last week, a groundbreaking deal by Clear Channel Communications, the country's largest radio broadcaster, raised the possibility of a solution to the standoff through marketplace negotiations instead of political head-butting.

After the arrests, the number of protesters grew again in the afternoon but the police held back and hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Portland, breaking the standoff, The A.P. said.

Opposition leaders vowed to hold "mass action" from Wednesday through next Friday, heightening the standoff with the government in a crisis that has pitted ethnic groups against one another and left hundreds dead.

All through the China standoff, W.'s aides kept thinking about that Kevin Costner movie about the Cuban missile crisis, about J.F.K.'s 13 sleepless days when he saved the world.

Kirgo, a veteran of several strikes over his long career, took a conciliatory stance after guiding his union through the bitter standoff.

It offers a comprehensive solution to gerrymandering, and new means to break through the partisan standoff that has halted progress on even modest redistricting reform in most states.

The standoff continued through the end of the year as the rival administrations vied for power.