face-offs

Together with my black friends, we formed a crew, and the dance lunches turned into face-offs between us and the Z-Crew.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

While the national media has focused on state budget face-offs between government unions and governors such as Wisconsin's Scott Walker, municipal officials like Mr. DeStefano are engaged in their own budget warfare.

The Local Government Pension Squeeze Steve Malanga 2011

Slow Food chef Kurt Michael Friese named it, The Most Important Race You Never Heard Of. And Change. org wrote, "There are a lot of important face-offs going on throughout the country, but none may be more important to farmers and food activists than the race in Iowa for Secretary of Agriculture."

Jeffrey Smith: The Biggest Election Showdown is WHERE? Jeffrey Smith 2010

Yet while there may be grounds in the south-east where the chanting of the faithful is drowned out by people discussing the catchment areas of local secondary schools, and rival firms have prearranged face-offs in the side streets to see who has the most over-qualified eastern European au pair girl, such things have yet to permeate the banlieu of the Metropolitan Empire I frequent.

Chewing on some long-forgotten gems from the terraces | Harry Pearson 2012

The free speech face-offs between Internet companies and Indian authorities come as Google is trying to cope with a far more direct and severe censorship regime in another key Asian market, China.

Google, Facebook Fight Indian Censorship Demands Amol Sharma 2012

Sometimes these showoffs turn into face-offs as is now the case with the New York offices of CBRE Group Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle.

Two Firms Show Off Their Own Spaces 2011

The narrative isn't really dramatic, despite several send-up face-offs.

Lizard Tale 'Rango': Clever, Coldblooded Joe Morgenstern 2011

But a little of Terry goes a long way, and it isn't helped by a fundamentally inert first hour, during which despite a series of flare-ups, face-offs and punch-outs, very little actually happens.

Terry – review 2011

Notable face-offs featured heroes like Captain Marvel, Spiderman, the Silver Surfer, and the Avengers.

Hero/Villain of the Week! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

People have tried to use TCIF on me, resulting in silently menacing TCIF face-offs on busy roads "You first", "No, you first".

If only John Galliano's hate rant was a one-off | Barbara Ellen 2011