at loggerheads

If some Chinese politicians had not been at loggerheads with one another, China could have become a superpower.

With the two sides at loggerheads, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the IMF will take a bigger role in currency issues.

Back then, a rebellious Ms. Li was at loggerheads with the state sports bureaucracy, which took up to 65% of her winnings.

"We were at loggerheads on that, " he said, but a compromise package was not ironed out.

Mourinho and Red Rom have been at loggerheads since December over the Russian's desire to have more influence.

France , which holds the presidency of the EU but has been at loggerheads with Mr Mandelson, said the deal was not acceptable .

The Ecumenical Catholic Church which ordained the men had been at loggerheads with the Vatican over the issue of married priests.

Argentina and Great Britain have been at loggerheads over the sovereignty of the Malvinas (Falklands) Islands since the 17th century.

The club today described as "absolute nonsense" reports suggesting that Keegan is at loggerheads with his board over his stance on Barton.

He is Iran's most polarising president in decades, and has spent much of his five years in office at loggerheads with his rivals at home.

Iran is at loggerheads with major powers over its nuclear program, which it says is peaceful and intended solely for generating electricity.

Where Hamas and Hezbollah were once allies, the fact that they are now at times at loggerheads illustrates the shift to the new Sunni axis.

France advanced to the final in 2006, but coach Raymond Domenech, already at loggerheads with public opinion, is running out of miracles.

Since they were appointed, the senior officials who decide US policy in the region have been at loggerheads.

But they remain at loggerheads over the contents of a new fiscal compact.

At present, the Republicans are a result of domestic policy issues with Barack Obama at loggerheads.

Bosnia has just lost its international proconsul, and its two main entities remain at loggerheads.

But these two smaller parties have been at loggerheads over a new museum for refugees.

But many analysts say that's unlikely, because Iran and the US remain at loggerheads on Iraq and many other crucial issues.

How can a government divided between two parties at loggerheads possibly take the painful decisions needed to tame America's deficit?

The two groups are at loggerheads, despite the efforts of Egypt and others to bring them together in a unity government.

That promise swiftly put his government at loggerheads with the Obama administration.

The standoff over KTV copyright fees shows no sign of abating, with club and copyright owners at loggerheads over fees.

Trade talks near Berlin broke up acrimoniously with the US and the European Union at loggerheads with India and Brazil.

With the first- and third-biggest oil producers at loggerheads, the risk for oil markets remains high.

America and Iran have been at loggerheads ever since Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution of 1979.

The two political parties were at loggerheads for the entire year.

The two longtime allies were at loggerheads where to move U. S. troops in Okinawa.

If the world's two leading engines of growth remain at loggerheads, everyone will pay the price.

The two smaller parties are at loggerheads over immigration.

The representatives had long been at loggerheads on foreign aid.

The management and unions are at loggerheads and unless they can resolve their difference; there will probably be a strike.

The two of them are always at loggerheads.

It is sad that many Chinese tend to be at loggerheads with their fellow Chinese.

London and Peking were at loggerheads over the colony's future in 1983.

The two factions are still at loggerheads.

Yet the EU heavyweights remain at loggerheads, according to diplomats.

In order to satisfy its need for oil and other commodities, is China going to increasingly find itself at loggerheads with the US?

The neighbors were always at loggerheads with each other.

But these two goals are at loggerheads in the short run.

What's the problem? What set you two at loggerheads?

Syria may be at loggerheads with the West, but there are few places in the world where I have felt safer or more welcome.

That put him at loggerheads with Prem Tinsulanonda, a retired general and former prime minister, who is the chief adviser to King Bhumibol.

mr stuart and his wife are always at loggerheads