It’s why they’ll engage in brinksmanship but never actually let it happen. cmholm says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » US vs Zimbabwe] Reference
This kind of "brinksmanship" is a hard-ball tactic that isn't usually a good idea. From Wordnik.com. [Change Perceptions To Become A Better Negotiator | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Not even Sarah is up for that kind of brinksmanship, methinks. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
This is the kind of brinksmanship you get when leaders of a rogue regime are under growing pressure. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
This missile test is a classic example of the kind of brinksmanship at which the North Koreans excel. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Somehow, all this brinksmanship doesn't seem real. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2008] Reference
As we know, there is brinksmanship on both sides -- Wolf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2007] Reference
Or were his tactics at Rambouillet brinksmanship that went bad?. From Wordnik.com. [In The Mind Of Milosevic] Reference
This is brinksmanship -- real brinksmanship happening right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2009] Reference
They're playing a game of brinksmanship to see who will brink first. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007] Reference
QUIJANO: Now the political brinksmanship is continuing this afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2008] Reference
The MSM is not gonna pull the plug, despite brinksmanship on both sides. From Wordnik.com. [After Bitter Standoff With Angry Media Over Palin, McCain Camp Relents] Reference
CIA PROFILER: That brinksmanship really for the most part has worked for him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2006] Reference
Their departments will be subject to even deeper cuts thanks to his brinksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
But Iran's dangerous game of nuclear brinksmanship is about much more than Israel. From Wordnik.com. [MJ Rosenberg: Holocaust 2?] Reference
You don't play brinksmanship unless you know you will win if they pull the trigger. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: I Might Take Fight Over Florida And Michigan To Convention!] Reference
And if they're playing this game of brinksmanship, the votes are getting very close. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Bush Recount Challenge; Florida Supreme Court Rejects Gore Campaign's Appeal for Immediate Recount - December 1, 2000] Reference
I can tell you that Israel was creating an atmosphere of brinksmanship in the region. From Wordnik.com. [Israel ‘Will Pay a Price’] Reference
And it's actually not the Obama White House that's playing brinksmanship with the docs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2009] Reference
BROOKES: Well, I think this is the next step in brinksmanship on the part of North Korea. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2002] Reference
The president has played political brinksmanship over the war in Iraq time and time again. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards' Full Speech: "Not Hard Power. Not Soft Power. Smart Power."] Reference
But that wouldn't follow the pattern of brinksmanship bargaining he's established this year. From Wordnik.com. [The UAW’s Striking Ways] Reference
Did the brinksmanship get as far as the major candidates leaving their names off the ballot?. From Wordnik.com. [Do Florida And Michigan Primaries Really Reflect The Will Of The People? Nope.] Reference
Would Obama use the brinksmanship of a proposed independent run to leverage the superdelegates?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Camp: No One Is Winning This Race Without Super-Delegates] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: After years of bluster, brinksmanship, and ominous testing, an apparent breakthrough. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2007] Reference
JERROLD POST, FORMER CIA PROFILER: And brinksmanship, really for the most part, has worked for him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2006] Reference
Also, Kiran, this is classic North Korea -- brinksmanship, saber rattling, up the ante a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2009] Reference
She is willing play brinksmanship and to fight to the very end, regardless of the cost to the Party. From Wordnik.com. [Brazile: Howard Dean And Other Party Leaders Should Be Prepared To Step In] Reference
He says the U.S. shouldn't allow North Korea to play a game of brinksmanship that it is so famous for. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2007] Reference
CHINOY: Combination of brinksmanship and confrontation, on the one hand, and negotiations on the other. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2006] Reference
CHINOY: A combination of brinksmanship and confrontation on the one hand and negotiations on the other. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2006] Reference
JERROLD POST, FORMER CIA PROFILER: And that brinksmanship, really, for the most part, has worked for him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 27, 2009] Reference
He has held open the hand to the Republicans to rediscover statesmanship, and put away the brinksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ross: A Little Transparency for Bobby Jindal -- Hypocrisy in Republican Posturing] Reference
The brinksmanship in Washington is escalating, as it were, over the Senate's coming showdown on escalation. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Holding Press Conference To Respond To Reid] Reference
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Suzanne, Kim Jong-il is known for his brinksmanship on the world stage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2009] Reference
MARK BOWDEN, AUTHOR, "GUESTS OF THE AYATOLLAH," "ATLANTIC MONTHLY": Well, it sounds like brinksmanship to me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2006] Reference
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