We haven't forensically examined the paperwork, so we're not sure if Rove's fingerprints are literally on it, but AJS is a decidedly Republican outfit and its work on behalf of Dick Durbin's swipe-fee reform -- which pits retailers against big banks in a competition for debit card fees -- is ticking off folks in the Republican community who want their battle-lines to be drawn a bit cleaner. ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)
From the crackdown on the Uighurs in China, to the controversial anti-terror legislation in the UK and the US, Major Confusion continues to blur the battle-lines of the War on Terror. ❋ Simon Cohen (2011)
Everyone accepts that the nature of warfare is changing, that traditional battle-lines are being re-drawn and that a new form of warrior will be required for future conflicts. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Thus Obama embarks upon a repair mission that is incremental, that picks its points for advance while avoiding all-out assault across the battle-lines. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In fact, unknown to me, a war was raging, battle-lines were drawn and even a private language was in use. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The battle-lines are drawn, tastes divided into Good and Bad. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Let the battle-lines be drawn 1000 years later on the streets of Lambeth Town. ❋ Newmania (2007)
The frontrunners for election 2008 are set, and the battle-lines are already drawn among hardliners. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If the battle-lines between the leftniks and 'proper' Zionism are constantly drawn it is to the detriment of both positions and is not a constructive way to engage with the world around us. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The Republicans keep harping about the surge in Iraq, had we not gone in to Iraq in the first place and fought the war on the battle-lines where the war should have been fought from the get-go, which is along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, this Country along with the NATO Troops would not be in the mess they are in currently. ❋ Unknown (2008)
It is clear that the battle-lines are drawn for an uncompromising war between the haves and have-nots, between those who want to turn our mother-land into a haven for the international capital, the Indian big business and the handful of filthy rich on the one hand and the vast majority of the destitute, poverty-stricken masses, particularly the peasantry, on the other. ❋ Abhay N (2007)
Buddha war is two and a half millennia old, and let it be fought anew with the battle-lines drawn clear. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2007)
The first, 'why can't all politics be like this?' was a product of the fact that the issues were important, the audience passionate, and the battle-lines clearly drawn. ❋ Laban (2005)
It would also seem from this interview that Welsh Labour MPs aren't the only ones who are wasting no time in drawing up the battle-lines in anticipation of a referendum campaign. ❋ Unknown (2007)