An isolated minister or intellectual might speak of "land for peace," but the emotional tide of the country was against it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin staged a surprise visit to Syria in December to tell Russian servicemen they'd soon be "going home victorious" after turning the tide of the country's bloody civil war in favor of embattled dictator Bashar Assad.
When you get that phone call asking you what party you belong to and how you're planning to vote this November, realize that the entire tide of our country is depending on your participation.
After over a century of rising and falling with the economic tides of both countries, unauthorized immigration is deeply embedded in both cultures and economies.
It's also consistent with the rising tide of light, romantic country with male and female vocals evenly split, country's new soft core.
It was an announcement clearly designed to stem the increasing tide of criticisms the country was receiving; the idea that having free access to the island was similar enough to being a free citizen in a country, with only the physical fences removed.
Alfredo Mantovano, under secretary of the interior, noted that agreements Italy had reached with Turkey and Albania, for example, had dramatically curtailed the tide of immigrants from those countries trying to reach Italy's southeastern coast.
Mike Devereux, a professor of business taxation at the Oxford University centre for business taxation, predicted the OECD's efforts would fail to hold back the tide of tax competition between countries as they strained to outdo one another in the race to attract inward investment.
When the weather was bad, Esther said, "We held each other and said, 'God save us.' " The clutch of detainees here is a small part of a growing tide of migrants from African countries like Nigeria, Senegal, Mali and Guinea desperately trying to slip into Europe along a route once used almost exclusively by Moroccans.
