Sentence examples for war standoff from inspiring English sources

It's maddeningly difficult to amend, which somehow pleases both sides, like a Cold War standoff.

Washington denounced the seizure, but could do little: It soon became a tense Cold War standoff.

Cosmonauts challenges the cliche that the Soviet space race was all about a cold war standoff with the US.

Its 83 crew members were taken to Pyongyang and charged as spies, drawing a tense Cold War standoff.

During the Cold War standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, game theory became increasingly fashionable and immensely useful.

Propaganda from both countries had painted the match as a Cold War standoff, and since many Soviet Jews and non-Jewish dissidents felt that they were a kind of "fifth column" in the Soviet Union, they rooted for Fischer.

Mr. Rusk also chose to play a somewhat passive role at the outset of the Cuban missile crisis of late 1962, which was one of the tautest cold war standoffs between the United States and the Soviet Union.

With the family drama subject to a tug of war between two countries without diplomatic relations, positions are hardening into a classic cold-war standoff.

PAGE A17 Dock Dispute Is a Turf War The standoff that has closed 29 Pacific ports involves just a few hundred jobs that the union fears will be shifted to nonunion labor.

The announcement roiled American allies in Europe, where such weapons were heavily deployed during the Cold War nuclear standoff.

WASHINGTON -- The first effort to break through what White House counsel Bob Bauer called a cold war political standoff over judicial confirmations will take place this week, as Senate Democrats will re-consider a batch of stalled nominees.