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Definition of Showdowns
1. showdown [n] - See also: showdown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Showdowns
Literary usage of Showdowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"... serve not to achieve a political goal but simply increase the climate of fear
and hostility as we approach the showdowns of the annual marching season. ..."
2. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"... serve not to achieve a political goal but simply increase the climate of fear
and hostility as we approach the showdowns of the annual marching season. ..."
3. Pirates on the High Seas: The United States and Global Intellectual Property by Benedicte Callan (1998)
"The United States has had showdowns with half a dozen countries over their IP
policies. Twice, altercations with the People's Republic of China have brought ..."
4. Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays by Murray Newton Rothbard (2000)
"In foreign affairs, this point of view leads the Conservative to call for desperate
showdowns with communism, for he feels that the longer he waits the ..."
5. The Drama in Former Yugoslavia: The Beginning of the End or the End of the by Anton Zabkar (1998)
"In all of Milosevic's showdowns with his rivals, the AY distanced themselves from
his opponents during the decisive moments of conflict, indicating that ..."
6. Socio-economic Rights in the South African Constitution by Mandla Seleoane (1996)
"... or between holders of competing collective rights then solutions are not always
easy and may lead to political showdowns.39 The place of the law is also ..."
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