Word: tug-of-war
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...there you have the minister of information in a country recognized by no other, engaged in a vicious tug-of-war with a live lion over a dead, stuffed-with-straw lion that appeared ready to come apart at any moment. Pretty much like Somalia itself...
...Long-standing tensions and rivalries between NAFTA and Mercosur have blossomed into a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war over the summit agenda. There are major uncertainties about how the meeting chemistry will be affected by the interaction among newcomers like U.S. president George W. Bush, Mexican president Vicente Fox Quesada and the mercurial Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez Frías - alongside such veterans as the durable Jean Chrétien of Canada and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso...
...recommending, is known as a non-judicial proceeding, or NJP. An admiral's mast is handled without prosecutors and can be done privately; it would render an administrative, non-judicial punishment. In a court-martial, a jury deliberates and delivers a verdict. An NJP is more a tug-of-war; Waddel and Fargo are likely to meet privately and Fargo will detail his concerns - and mete out the punishment...
...there were domestic political pressures at play as well. The White House was keen to show that Bush was in charge, setting the tone, weighing the options. Cheney would spend the week conspicuously busy on Capitol Hill, worrying about the budget. As for Rumsfeld and Powell, now playing tug-of-war with their second generation of Bush Presidents, it was the more moderate Powell who had the lead. "It's our air crew--they are military people," Pentagon spokesman Craig Quigley said. "But if you think of a military solution to this, that's not the way ahead...
...thousand years ago, the man in the middle of this potentially deadly tug-of-war was the high priest. The position, ritually paramount at the Temple, had been politically hobbled by Herod. Nonetheless, as head of the Sanhedrin, a Jewish religious and civic body, and a key participant at city council meetings, the officeholder still had great power and responsibility...