The stage seemed set for a showdown.
That sets up another potential showdown just before Christmas.
Earth had prepared for a showdown, Building the greatest Armada of all time.
If it came to a showdown, you could deny this conversation ever happened.
"Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land."
Meanwhile, the Republican field is looking more like a showdown between former U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
The true enemy is finally revealed; uncover the mystery concieved by the first ever Ort-Meyer clone, and face a final showdown to remember.
Still, the manifestos have helped to transform a campaign which had threatened to send voters to sleep with its deathly difference-splitting into a showdown between distinct world views (see Bagehot).
Another reason for unionists to shy away from an independence showdown is that the SNP's main opponents, Labour and the Tories, are in no fit state to campaign on anything.
"They came, spoiling for a showdown."
It is doubtful that Nasser sought a military showdown.
The final showdown between these two, staged in Johannesburg’s Ellis Park Stadium, takes almost 20 minutes.
Earlier, Senator Reid said Republicans appeared determined to embarrass the President and force a showdown over the debt limit issue.
The centuries old battle between the powers of heaven and the forces of hell have collided in a final modern day showdown.
From the beginning, I had believed that the best way to win the final showdown with the Far Right was for me to keep doing my job and let others handle the defense.
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But the police are preparing for a showdown there too.
It is a showdown between love and logic, and the future of Mary, s heart is at stake.
Fabregas admits that his ultimate ambition for this season is to help Arsenal reach a European showdown against one of the true giants of European football, FC Barcelona.
The despicable means terrorists employ to attack civilised society can happen in any cosmopolitan city. We should not be fooled by terrorists - by backing off from the showdown that is shaping up and losing our focus on the need to stamp out terrorism.
The Ones who cannot hold love are having one last showdown at the hoe-down.
The showdown with is a stylized slow-mo sequence with men on both sides holding umbrellas with the surreal air of a Magritte painting.
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The team will play the first of two showdown with those same Utah Jazz on Monday at Toyota Center.
The governor's showdown is more subtle.
But winning Group a is crucial if the Selecao wants to avoid a likely round-of-16 showdown with defending champion Spain, which is the favorite in Group B.
in stud poker: a card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown.
Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats won outright victories in December's set-to over taxes or last week's showdown over the budget for the remainder of this fiscal year.
