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The magnitude of Turkey’s social earthquake is much greater than that of the tectonic one, there is a tug of war between the government and the opposition, and it seems that the winner is going to be unknown until the very end of the elections. – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The conversation in Washington has always been about the next fight, the next hill, the next bill -- so much so that I think some folks seeing the tug of war over' Build Back Better' kind of lost track of the fact that the infrastructure law passed, it is important for them to know that that this bridge over the rail yard in Chattanooga that we just announced is coming to you because the President's vision and ability to work with Congress, both sides of the aisle, to get funding for this. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Mortgage rates remained volatile due to the tug of war between inflationary pressures and a clear slowdown in economic growth. – Sam Khater	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is a tug-of-war between the consumer's desire to buy what they want, and the need to make concessions based on the higher prices hitting their wallets. – Marshal Cohen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is this tug of war around inflation, inflation could be transitory but we need to keep an eye on the bond market due to massive federal spending. – Todd Lowenstein	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Europeans are under no illusion that the US is going to take a radically different approach to China -- Donald Trump has permanently changed the narrative on that, while they are relieved that the White House is going to be more predictable on China and keen to coordinate with partners, they are still going to resist becoming a chip in the Beijing-DC tug of war. – Erik Brattberg	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We're seeing that struggle, that tug of war, that friction play out already this month, june hasn't been a straight shot to the moon. That's what you're likely going to see for the balance of the summer, not a bad thing. – Michael Arone	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
What may this look like? Ten to 30 minutes of play with a favorite wand toy, special brushing session (if liked by your pet), a walk with your leashed dog, or time spent with a favorite toy playing fetch or tug-of-war. – Meredith Montgomery	Found on CNN 4 years ago
You may have to take another 25% to create the right societal engagements and environmental designs, so will investors accept lower returns? I think it's probably causing a bit of head scratching around the industry in this tug-of-war of priorities. – Simon Morris	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The animals are suffering in this tug-of-war between federal and local governments over the zoo. – Owais Awan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's essentially a tug of war around industry supply chains and core technologies. – Shi Donghui	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It was dated July 30 and my office made sure that that letter was hand-delivered the same day, i think that my constituent all along had a tug of war going on inside of her, understanding what privacy brought to her, but also the risks of moving over into the public square. – Anna Eshoo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think that my constituent all along had a tug of war going on inside of her, understanding what privacy brought to her, but also the risks of moving over into the public square. – Anna Eshoo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It was like a tug of war, all were going in different directions. – Craig Luttman	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The market is showing a little fatigue... and the question is what's the next theme that's going to push markets higher, it's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does. – Andre Bakhos	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The market is showing a little fatigue ... and the question is what's the next theme that's going to push markets higher, it's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does. – Andre Bakhos	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does. – Andre Bakhos	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We did see a raft of very weak PMI data across emerging markets this morning, which is a timely reminder after the rally last week, induced by the BOJ stimulus, that a lot of the fundamental headwinds for EMs remain in place, that tug-of-war is reflected in the market this morning. – Manik Narain	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's a back and forth tug of war between investors in this trading range. – Rick Meckler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope. – Pete Holiday	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The magnitude of Turkey’s social earthquake is much greater than that of the tectonic one, there is a tug of war between the government and the opposition, and it seems that the winner is going to be unknown until the very end of the elections.

– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The conversation in Washington has always been about the next fight, the next hill, the next bill -- so much so that I think some folks seeing the tug of war over' Build Back Better' kind of lost track of the fact that the infrastructure law passed, it is important for them to know that that this bridge over the rail yard in Chattanooga that we just announced is coming to you because the President's vision and ability to work with Congress, both sides of the aisle, to get funding for this.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mortgage rates remained volatile due to the tug of war between inflationary pressures and a clear slowdown in economic growth.

– Sam Khater

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a tug-of-war between the consumer's desire to buy what they want, and the need to make concessions based on the higher prices hitting their wallets.

– Marshal Cohen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is this tug of war around inflation, inflation could be transitory but we need to keep an eye on the bond market due to massive federal spending.

– Todd Lowenstein

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Europeans are under no illusion that the US is going to take a radically different approach to China -- Donald Trump has permanently changed the narrative on that, while they are relieved that the White House is going to be more predictable on China and keen to coordinate with partners, they are still going to resist becoming a chip in the Beijing-DC tug of war.

– Erik Brattberg

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We're seeing that struggle, that tug of war, that friction play out already this month, june hasn't been a straight shot to the moon. That's what you're likely going to see for the balance of the summer, not a bad thing.

– Michael Arone

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

What may this look like? Ten to 30 minutes of play with a favorite wand toy, special brushing session (if liked by your pet), a walk with your leashed dog, or time spent with a favorite toy playing fetch or tug-of-war.

– Meredith Montgomery

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You may have to take another 25% to create the right societal engagements and environmental designs, so will investors accept lower returns? I think it's probably causing a bit of head scratching around the industry in this tug-of-war of priorities.

– Simon Morris

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The animals are suffering in this tug-of-war between federal and local governments over the zoo.

– Owais Awan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's essentially a tug of war around industry supply chains and core technologies.

– Shi Donghui

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It was dated July 30 and my office made sure that that letter was hand-delivered the same day, i think that my constituent all along had a tug of war going on inside of her, understanding what privacy brought to her, but also the risks of moving over into the public square.

– Anna Eshoo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think that my constituent all along had a tug of war going on inside of her, understanding what privacy brought to her, but also the risks of moving over into the public square.

– Anna Eshoo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It was like a tug of war, all were going in different directions.

– Craig Luttman

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The market is showing a little fatigue... and the question is what's the next theme that's going to push markets higher, it's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does.

– Andre Bakhos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The market is showing a little fatigue ... and the question is what's the next theme that's going to push markets higher, it's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does.

– Andre Bakhos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does.

– Andre Bakhos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We did see a raft of very weak PMI data across emerging markets this morning, which is a timely reminder after the rally last week, induced by the BOJ stimulus, that a lot of the fundamental headwinds for EMs remain in place, that tug-of-war is reflected in the market this morning.

– Manik Narain

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's a back and forth tug of war between investors in this trading range.

– Rick Meckler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.

– Pete Holiday

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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