| 单词 | cross-purpose |
| 例句 | But they may work at decided cross-purposes to what they are designed for. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His face is unshaven; his arms lie on his legs at cross-purposes. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Wintergreen was a snide little punk who enjoyed working at cross-purposes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The May 31 meeting broke up with the Interim Committee and its scientific panel at cross-purposes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The darkness is a paradox, a situation at cross-purposes with itself because, until you open that box, the cat is dead and alive at the same time. What Tom Petty's "Straight Into Darkness" teaches us about uncertainty 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z What it adds is a bit more polish, production-wise: sounds bounce boldly across and against each other, so they seem to move at cross-purposes, yet with coherent urgency. Micachu and the Shapes: Never – review 2012-07-19T20:45:01Z But Smith suggests that in fighting an insurgency, different methods used by coalition troops worked at cross-purposes, with some troops kicking in doors at night, others taking tea with tribal leaders during the day. 'The Dogs Are Eating Them Now' an unflinching account of Afghanistan 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The theme begins to work at all sorts of cross-purposes and contradictions: Is motherhood the surest source of strength and security? Perspective | In ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Homeland,’ two heroines judged by their devotion to motherhood 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z These stories of how a romance died and how a career was born seem at cross-purposes in their definitions of darkness. What Tom Petty's "Straight Into Darkness" teaches us about uncertainty 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of strange, sudden laughter, and the dialogue is full of non sequiturs and talk conducted at cross-purposes. The Film That Yields Nothing on a Second Viewing—or a First 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Dylan, too, burns brightest when music and lyrics operate not in tandem but at cross-purposes. Bob Dylan as Richard Wagner 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z It was like whimsy versus fate: the two of them couldn’t be less alike, and this brought you back to the natural complexity and cross-purposes of a Golden Palominos record. Music Review: The Golden Palominos Play at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-05-12T21:16:00Z But the combination of restraint, as in the reined-in tempo of the finale, and intensity was at cross-purposes. Music Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-03-18T20:43:32Z For years Haigh has been peering deep into the heart of lost America, sketching characters whose interests are at cross-purposes but whose deep-seated deprivation binds them together. Guns, Race, Abortion: Jennifer Haigh’s New Novel Humanizes Hot-Button Topics 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Yet he doesn’t see those goals — being funny and being responsible — as being at cross-purposes. Jon Stewart, now a feature film director with ‘Rosewater,’ contemplates what’s next One is: You need to align your agricultural policies with your health and environmental policies, and you can’t have them at cross-purposes. Michael Pollan: Bad food is costing America its economic health 2013-12-08T19:00:00Z In addition, the social-evaluative nature of social media is at cross-purposes with the healthy “smallness” that comes with awe. Awe might be our most undervalued emotion. Here’s how to help children find it. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s that the blockbuster mentality is often at cross-purposes with making a good comedy. Too many sequels, too much money: why did so many comedies flop in 2016? 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The ultimate problem is this: The hybrid concept is at cross-purposes with itself. Here's why the Broad museum's generous lending program may not work out 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Where Brecht rejected emotional catharsis as an impediment to action, however, much of the self-aware snark in “Urinetown” works at cross-purposes. A little song, a little snark in a pay-what-you-want production of 'Urinetown' 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z As with the other “Girlfriend Experiences” we’ve seen so far, this situation grows more tense as Bria’s scheme for escape and her desperate need for safety work at cross-purposes. Perspective | Two provocative dramas show how a feminist story need not always be a triumphant one 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Set on a school playground full of fifth-grade students at cross-purposes, the tale finds Arthur emerging as a unifying figure, putting an end to bullying and conflict by establishing the Knights of the Round Table. Free performances for kids star a dinosaur, and bullied fifth-graders 2011-07-14T19:43:07Z Unfortunately, clarity is at cross-purposes with influence, which is powerful precisely because it’s ambiguous. A History of the Influencer, from Shakespeare to Instagram 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z The very genre in some ways works at cross-purposes with the historian’s goal of shedding light on a given individual’s, or period’s, uniqueness. The True Grit of Four American Presidents 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z At times they form a dynamic front line, working in a blended sync or at strategic cross-purposes. Music Review: Tarbaby, Featuring Oliver Lake, at the Jazz Standard 2013-09-04T20:52:20Z More and more, “The Good Wife” suggests that those wishes are at cross-purposes. The Season Finale of 'The Good Wife' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z And there is one astonishing scene when Philip and Sheila, talking entirely at cross-purposes about Ginny's married lover, reveal the depths of their own antagonism. Relatively Speaking – review 2013-05-20T22:00:01Z A crush of people was moving in all directions, various streams at cross-purposes. Scenes from the Women’s March on Washington 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z There are many such cross-purposes in this brawling, angry book. A boisterous novel that imagines American history as a gay epic 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z This is perhaps too often lost sight of, only to produce interminable confusions and cross-purposes. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The electronics become animated with pulsing figures that seem at rhythmic cross-purposes with the increasingly dense, grainy guitars. Review: The Composer Tristan Perich’s Proudly Lo-Fi Electronic Sounds 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “The set design aimed to look one step ahead,” he writes, “ready to turn arguments seemingly at cross-purposes into a picture of diverse cooperation.” Essential Arts & Culture: DNC set design, L.A.'s public art biennial, a ballet star in 'A Chorus Line' 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z While the work features scattered solos for the jazz musicians and big Romantic effusions, there is never the sense that the jazz band and orchestra are competing for attention or working at cross-purposes. Music Review: The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-06-02T20:37:30Z Here again the overtones in the two songs are at subtle cross-purposes. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “Central Market” is not hypnotic Minimalism; the music bristles with contrasts and cross-purposes, sometimes zany, sometimes brooding. Music Review: It All Comes Through in the Mix, Even the Kazoos 2011-03-08T23:21:59Z The events of this spring reveal a Church whose hired historians and high-ranking officials seem at times to be speaking at cross-purposes. Can the Church of Latter-day Saints accept its racist history? 2013-05-04T14:00:00Z It was the anchor for the rest of the band, which in parts of this show was generating a lot of sound at cross-purposes, overwhelming the small room. Music Review: Rumbling and Rambling Amid a Blistering Storm 2011-04-22T21:35:06Z “Extra Lives” is an ambivalent book that runs at cross-purposes. Books of The Times: ?Extra Lives?: Tom Bissell?s Video Game Manifesto 2010-06-22T22:53:00Z Tchaikovsky not only wrote the music, but adapted his own libretto from Pushkin’s 1833 novel, a lyrical examination of love’s cross-purposes among the Russian gentry. Seattle Opera’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ is fine but could offer so much more 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Most Americans don’t think about how different levels of the government — local, state, federal — are at cross-purposes with each other, and that these various levels often turn the other way or even encourage vigilante violence. She was told her grandfather had saved a Black man. Then she dug up the ugly truth 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Carroll, however, will tell you that he’s also been misconstrued, and that establishing the run is not at cross-purposes with an explosive attack. In second year as starter, and with key additions, Geno Smith could have Seahawks cooking 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z It appears that the loud classical music is working at cross-purposes here, says Hirsch. L.A. Metro says classical music driving unhoused people out of this station is 'not loud.' A decibel meter refutes that 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Over the last year, the Fed’s duties as an inflation fighter and a bank regulator have been at cross-purposes. Column: The Fed's errors have brought the economy to the brink of recession. Raising rates again might send it over 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The move could also be viewed as a show of good faith to Trump, as well as the conservative group Club for Growth, who have often worked at cross-purposes with Republican Senate leaders. GOP leaders, stung by losses, plan to wade into Senate races 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Can these two realms continue to move forward while working at cross-purposes? Opinion | The next balloon-type crisis will be harder to deflate 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The play is at cross-purposes with itself, but perhaps that is the point. Review: Empathy coach hits a brick wall in the wild, weird workplace comedy 'Do You Feel Anger?' 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z But as the auditory confusion clears, moments where cross-purposes align have the power of the Ghostbusters crossing their streams. 3 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, led by Scott, often worked at cross-purposes with McConnell’s political operation. GOP’s lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The back-and-forth crystallized an almost comical set of misfires and wasted resources — and the larger problem in which Senate Republicans were so often at cross-purposes. How the 2022 Midterms Became a Squeaker 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Saunders loves to parody legal language, thick with appositive commas and capitalized terms, because he understands how that junk works at cross-purposes — it’s rigidly precise but designed mainly to cover things up. Review | The same George Saunders wears a heavier cloak in ‘Liberation Day’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Despite Friday’s news, the sense that the central bank and the government are working at cross-purposes prevails. As the Bank of England’s intervention ends, unease returns to the bond markets. 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Earlier, former Bank of England governor Mark Carney said the government's tax-cutting measures were "working at some cross-purposes" with the Bank. Liz Truss interviews: Five key exchanges with prime minister 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z "Unfortunately having a partial budget, in these circumstances - tough global economy, tough financial market position, working at cross-purposes with the Bank - has led to quite dramatic moves in financial markets," Sir Mark added. Government is 'undercutting' economic institutions, says former Bank governor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Characters are at cross-purposes with one another, but their listening is perhaps even more resonant than their speaking. Review: A striking revival of 'Ghosts' at the Odyssey suffers from lack of ensemble cohesion 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Those involved in LCRI—and often RECOVER, too—stress that they want to complement each other, not work at cross-purposes. New private venture tackles the riddle of Long Covid—and aims to test treatments quickly 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The Reagan years were a complicated era of social, economic, and political change, with many trends operating simultaneously and sometimes at cross-purposes. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z If it wants to build a cross-platform, cross-purpose platform for audio and video calls, it has to get a lot of little things right. Google is combining Meet and Duo into a single app for voice and video calls 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Yet the state treasury is working at cross-purposes with over $1 billion invested in the coal industry alone, Divest Oregon said in its report. Report: Oregon has $5.3b invested in fossil fuel companies 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Extra help for student loan borrowers could, at the margin, work at cross-purposes with the Fed’s recent policy changes, which are meant to take away household spending power and cool down demand. Biden White House Keeps Student Loan Payments at Bay Amid Inflation 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Short-term efforts to stimulate growth are at cross-purposes with long-term efforts to mature the Chinese economy. Opinion | Xi Jinping is surely rethinking his grand bromance with Putin 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z He criticized German officials for working at cross-purposes with Western efforts to pressure Russia into a settlement in the long-simmering eastern Ukraine war by building a new natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, to Russia. Behind sandbags, Ukraine’s leader meets the media 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Whatever his mental state, Putin’s actions seem at cross-purposes with his goals. Perspective | Putin’s rule depends on creating foreign enemies — and domestic ‘traitors’ 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z But Taiwan’s interest sometimes led it to cross-purposes. How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z “The predictable result will be increased costs and slower renewable energy deployment that works at direct cross-purposes with Congress’s decarbonization goal for the power sector,” the group said in a statement. Hunting for Money, Democrats Rush to Rewrite Tax Code 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers going after them, saying that would be working at cross-purposes. DHS chief: Being in the U.S. illegally isn’t enough to earn deportation 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But the Seahawks don’t believe that sentiment is at cross-purposes with fans’ desire to Let Russ Cook, to resurrect a tired phrase that deserves to be retired to the Bromide Resting Home. Pressure is on new Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron to keep everyone happy 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump, who is often at cross-purposes with Mr. McConnell, has appeared especially engaged in the Arizona and Georgia races, largely because of his own narrow losses there. Democrats See Edge in Early Senate Map as Trump Casts Big Shadow 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z The Topanga landscape serves as a lovely stand-in for the Athenian woods, where four frenzied young lovers frolic at cross-purposes on a mystical night. Shakespeare made breezy: 'Midsummer' and 'Julius Caesar' at Theatricum Botanicum 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead of a single controlling authority, for instance, it has an alphabet soup of associations and federations that often work at cross-purposes. A Few Tennis Pros Make a Fortune. Most Barely Scrape By. 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z There are two efforts working at cross-purposes in the Legislature to deal with this problem. Editorial Roundup: Mississippi 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Nor is he likely to be at cross-purposes with his new boss: Mr. Malley and Mr. Blinken attended school together in Paris as teenagers and have remained friends. Why Biden’s Pick for Iran Envoy Is ‘a Proxy for Everything’ 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The two military branches “may have been acting at cross-purposes, with the former quietly supporting a guy that the navy was at war with,” Isacson said. He was Mexico’s defense minister — but also a drug cartel ally, U.S. prosecutors say 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Those two desires are at cross-purposes now, since the testing required to vet a new vaccine takes time. Q&A: How far can Trump go in pushing a COVID-19 vaccine that isn’t ready? 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The prime minister's defenders believe he and Paula Sherriff were talking at "cross-purposes", speaking past each other in the cacophony of noise in the chamber. The day Brexit hit boiling point 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The pipeline is seen as operating at cross-purposes with wider Western policies of seeking to isolate Russia for the fighting in Ukraine, intervening in Syria and meddling in Western elections. Pipeline Politics: Why Nord Stream 2 Is Back in the Spotlight 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, trends in American education have worked at cross-purposes, nurturing social and emotional learning in some ways, hampering it in others. Opinion | The Trouble With Empathy 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z More than occasionally it seems to be working at cross-purposes. Column: 2020 Emmy nominees are a wall of female rage, none angrier than 'The Morning Show' 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z But without further elaboration, it’s very easy to talk at cross-purposes about both. Letterheads: social media and the end of discourse 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The president’s baseless claims that mail voting leads to widespread fraud are working at cross-purposes to the state Republican Party’s efforts to increase mail voting. Republicans Fear Trump’s Criticism of Mail Voting Will Hurt Them 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z But that has often acted at cross-purposes with the goal of having businesses ultimately emerge as viable enterprises. A Wave of Small Business Closures Is on the Way. Can Washington Stop It? 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z JERICHO, Vt. — Tuesday was Town Meeting Day in Vermont, and the engaged citizens of Jericho were talking at cross-purposes. In Bernie Sanders Country, It’s Super Tuesday. It’s Also ‘Town Meeting Day.’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The effort to set an optimistic tone on the markets was clearly at cross-purposes with what public health officials see as necessary to minimize the damage from a potential pandemic. Coronavirus Shows the Problem With Trump’s Stock Market Boasting 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Song, story and spectacle often seem at cross-purposes in Van Hove’s revival, but they miraculously fuse through an orchestral lushness that brings Tony and Maria’s ill-starred romance to crushing emotional life. Review: 'West Side Story' blasts back to Broadway — kinetic, bloody and modern to the core 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The two talked at loud cross-purposes about topics like corruption among Ukrainian prosecutors; Democrats who have foreign investments; and, once again, whether Mr. Trump has ever lied. Joe Walsh Also Wants to Beat Donald Trump 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Individual European countries, at the same time, pursued their own, divergent interests in Libya, often at cross-purposes. Why Europe Is Finally Paying Attention to Libya 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z In “Wozzeck,” his agenda is too often at cross-purposes with that of Berg, for whom psychology was everything. Operatic Shows of Force 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Until now, those impulses within the party were not working at cross-purposes. Opinion | Democrats are the ones who stand to suffer by delaying the Senate impeachment trial 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z But the Pentagon’s proposed drawdown in West Africa also runs at cross-purposes with a new State Department initiative to combat a resurgent Islamic State there. Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The current showdown shows how the president’s position and powers work at cross-purposes to the law. Perspective | The U.S. has no rules for when the president is a national security threat 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Young’s more radical approach also risks working at cross-purposes with other fans’ efforts to appeal to Netflix, rather than alienate it. Flowers. Billboards. A hunger strike. Inside the campaign to save Netflix's 'The OA' 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Some, for instance, have said they would not want the balance sheet policies, which might tighten financial conditions, to work at cross-purposes with the more cautious rate policy. Fed looks to avoid crossed signals at policy meeting 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z But a component like that would be at cross-purposes with almost every other function of the system. The Software That Shapes Workers’ Lives 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z He recalls the Yankees’ Tampa and New York offices often working at cross-purposes when he played for them. Jeter’s mentor Denbo tries to help lead Marlins turnaround 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z “The problem with it is that as an employee you’re at cross-purposes — your fiduciary obligations are to your shareholders,” said Charles Elson, who directs a corporate governance center at the University of Delaware. Analysis | This investor wants to put an employee on Google’s board 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z But local leaders also made some smart decisions like merging the city and county government in the 1960s, allowing Nashville and its suburbs to work together rather than at cross-purposes. Nashville’s Star Rises as Midsize Cities Break Into Winners and Losers 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The Times column describes a “two-track presidency” in which Trump makes public pronouncements while his administration, in open view, works at cross-purposes. ‘A never-ending cycle’: Book, op-ed show how some Trump aides work to curb his instincts 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “It is worse than that. Parts of the government are working at cross-purposes to each other.” Trump Doubles Down on Russia. The Spies Shake Their Heads in Disbelief. 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Misguided admirers at complicated cross-purposes fuel the comical confusion. The 99-Seat Beat: 'Slaughter City,' '39 Steps' and more 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In addition, his gut feelings sometimes work at cross-purposes. Opinion | Trump is proving to be the most predictable of presidents 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z In his first year, Trump’s national security officials often pursued different agendas and worked at cross-purposes. Opinion | Trump’s new foreign policy team is looking a lot more Republican 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But this break could prove to be real, putting Mr. Trump and his Republican allies at cross-purposes at an inauspicious moment on the political calendar. Suddenly, the G.O.P. Remembers All Its Doubts on Trump 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “Bodies are so weird, and reliance on bodies is almost at cross-purposes to where we are technologically speaking.” Emergency Contact is a dreamy YA love story told through texts 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z There is a little bit of commentary here – sometimes played as comedy – in that Kate and Danny find themselves at cross-purposes with an uncomprehending, sometimes patronizing hearing world. Best friends in ‘This Close’ navigate L.A. life with an engaging rhythm all their own 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z And where Luther was concerned, the problem of communication was compounded by the political and religious cross-purposes within the Holy Roman Empire and the Christian world more broadly. Analysis | Nobody listened to Luther at first. That’s why he succeeded. 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Often seeming to be working at cross-purposes to the Americans, Ankara set up its own coalition from among the Syrian opposition groups it had been backing and facilitating for years. Islamic State group: The full story 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z But since when is tax relief for high earners and private sector job-creators at cross-purposes with a faster-growing economy? Even Kennedy Funded the ‘Great Society’ Through Tax Cuts 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Bodies are so weird, and reliance on bodies is almost at cross-purposes to where we are technologically speaking. Emergency Contact is a dreamy YA love story told through texts 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z That response seemed at cross-purposes with earlier indications that the US didn't necessarily hold Cuba directly responsible for carrying out the attacks, but rather of failing to prevent them. US-Cuba thaw halted amid diplomat injuries 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Having some experience working in a homelessness reduction project, I can't help wondering whether the various "helping" agencies are working at cross-purposes with each other. For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in Los Angeles: Money Is Not Enough 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z But on some level, the impulses at work here — to explore the mysteries of life, while also indulging a furious spectacle of death — are at fundamental cross-purposes. Ridley Scott's 'Alien: Covenant' is a sleek, suspenseful return to form 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z But the ambitious proposal is another example of how Trump’s transactional, compartmentalized approach to achieving his priorities — whether repealing Obamacare, reforming taxes or cracking down on immigration — often works at cross-purposes. Economic reality and contradictions beset Trump's tax plan 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z At best, this is indicative of an administration in terrible disarray and at cross-purposes; at worst, it is sheer madness. A fish called Bannon: Trump’s top adviser is leading an administration in disarray 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Lagarde dismisses the idea that the IMF may find itself at cross-purposes with the new administration. IMF’s globalism won’t sit well with ‘America First’ Trump 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z That’s nothing if not an ambitious undertaking, especially since the causes of novelty and nostalgia are so often at cross-purposes. 'Rogue One' adds an uneven but thrilling wrinkle to the mythology of 'Star Wars' 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The union said, though, that it gives its backing with the understanding that Gen. Kelly will work with agents rather than at cross-purposes, as they have accused previous secretaries of doing. John Kelly, Trump’s Homeland Security pick, wins Border Patrol agents’ backing 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z While both sides find themselves aligned against the Islamic State in Iraq, they are at cross-purposes in Syria, where anti-Assad rebels receive funding and arms from Washington and its allies. In Syria’s Aleppo, Shiite militias point to Iran’s unparalleled influence 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z His new Pepsi connection raised the question: Would Walker’s day job and his new board duties be working at cross-purposes? Activist philanthropy chief Walker in spotlight as new PepsiCo director 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z These two democracies operate separately, and often at cross-purposes. Red Neighbor, Blue Neighbor 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z His new Pepsi connection raised the question: Would Mr. Walker’s day job and his new board duties be working at cross-purposes? An Activist for the Poor Joins Pepsi’s Board. Is That Ethical? 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “We believe we’ve struck the right balance between safety and innovation and shown how those two things can work with each other and not at cross-purposes,” Mr. Foxx said. Obama Administration Rolls Out Recommendations for Driverless Cars 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z As long as so-called moderate Muslims and also certain kinds of liberals enable narratives of unique Muslim distress in Western hands, they are acting at cross-purposes. Bangladesh: What It Will Take to Beat Terrorism 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z But Turkey’s absence from the Manbij assault highlights a perception that Ankara and Washington remain at cross-purposes in the fight, unable to agree on priorities or even the real enemy. Turkey wavers on ISIS fight amid rising tensions with U.S., allies 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z What works best, Bowles writes, is “to encourage civic action by appealing to both material interests and moral sentiments, framed so that the two work synergistically rather than at cross-purposes.” Challenging the greed-is-good gospel of free markets 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The train controllers activated two sets of giant fans at cross-purposes with devastating consequences, according to the board. NTSB: Metro has had a ‘severe learning disability’ when it comes to improving safety 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z We would hope, though, that the council and administration would collaborate on any revisions to the plan, rather than working at cross-purposes. A still-urgent problem for D.C.’s homeless families 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z With ties going back centuries, the interests of locals in Yunnan often run at cross-purposes with the desires of the central government in faraway Beijing. High mountains, distant emperors 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z We wonder whether we are talking at cross-purposes, whether we can know anything about our nearest and dearest – this was just another lens through which to view that question. Going underground: meet the man who lived as an animal 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Tsukayama: Certainly sometimes innovation and regulation are seen as being at cross-purposes. FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez chats about privacy, security and why she’s at CES 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z To be sure, fiscal and monetary policy don’t always work at cross-purposes. Don’t Celebrate the End of Austerity 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z And much like the Republican Party facing off against Trump, the forces arrayed against him – Batman, the Gotham police, the mob – are at cross-purposes when taking him on. Donald Trump is an agent of chaos: Why the GOP’s plan to defeat the billionaire is bound to backfire 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z That position had served as a check against the New York governor’s influence through appointing the executive director, but often left its occupant at cross-purposes with the top executive, critics said. Port Authority Leader to Quit as C.E.O. Search Drags On 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The Syrian struggle is complex and ferocious, with many outside powers — Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, now Russia — aiding many different groups, with supposed allies often at cross-purposes with each other. The dangers of Obama’s incrementalism 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z I found myself talking at cross-purposes with my interlocutors. Former Greek Finance Minister on Past, Present and Future of Greece 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Those pushing to limit the expansion of the single-family homes may also find themselves at cross-purposes with the efforts of Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, to increase affordable housing. On a Block of Single-Story Homes, a ‘Monstrosity’ in Queens Draws Ire 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z They were working at cross-purposes and trying to undermine each other’s states.” Taliban offensive tests Afghanistan-Pakistan intelligence-sharing deal 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z People fuming over some perceived “attitude” in an electronic message, or two people talking for half an hour at cross-purposes, before they realise the confusion. Slack's Great, But Remember To Talk To People Too 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z In their best chapters, Hill and Gaddy delineate the self-defeating cross-purposes among the six Putin personas, along with Putin’s limitations when it comes to public politics. Putin: The Rise of a Villain Straight From Central Casting 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z And he found himself increasingly at cross-purposes with the machinations of Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner. Alberto Nisman's Warning About Iran 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z That is a clear example of public policies being at cross-purposes: short-term revenue gained at the expense of long-term recidivism. Editorial: FCC right to scrutinize exorbitant prison phone fees 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The downside to this kind of egalitarian civil democracy is also apparent: The dispersed leadership often works at cross-purposes and the movement has difficulty coordinating strategies. Is Hong Kong Setting The Example That Democracy Is Possible Everywhere? 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But the super PAC’s spending appears to be at cross-purposes with Bloomberg’s support of the Democratic governors’ group. Bloomberg Helps Democratic Governors' Group Close Gap on Republicans 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z When that happens, not only is the voice wrong, but there’s also a profound disconnect between brand and audience, each ‘talking’ at cross-purposes to each other. NetAppVoice: 3 Fatal Social-Media Traps (And How To Avoid Them) 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The Obama administration was slow to respond to requests to provide crucial logistical support to French troops, a reflection of how the two countries have sometimes worked at cross-purposes on security policy. Pentagon set to open second drone base in Niger as it expands operations in Africa The previous Congress party-led government was seen as ineffectual and unable to carry out reforms as government departments from finance to environment worked at cross-purposes. India's Modi vows to fix government muddle 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Americans and Russians are still working alongside each other, though increasingly at cross-purposes, on the Iranian nuclear negotiations. U.S. Nuclear Deal With Russia Fails as Tensions Rise 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z He is also sometimes working at his own cross-purposes. Senators to Dr. Oz: You Help People Peddle Phony Cures 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The rest of her plan works at cross-purposes with itself. Can ObamaCare Be Fixed? 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z But all that talent worked at cross-purposes in the early going. NCAA Final Four: Kentucky defeats Wisconsin, 74-73, on three-pointer by Aaron Harrison with 5.7 seconds to play 2014-04-06T04:03:27Z Though there are sadly many choices, one of the most troubling economic missteps in recent years has been fiscal and monetary policies working at cross-purposes. Today's Economist: Congress and the Fed Need to Think Inside the Same Box 2014-03-18T14:30:19Z "There are so many anti-poverty programs - and there is so little coordination between them - that they often work at cross-purposes and penalize families for getting ahead." U.S. anti-poverty programs have failed, Republican Ryan says 2014-03-03T21:38:09Z They say the agency is working at cross-purposes with its other major mission, apart from eavesdropping: ensuring the security of American communications. N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption 2013-09-05T19:03:45Z Some aspects of base life here do appearto be working at cross-purposes in the current spending environment. Discussing Furlough Concerns at Military Bases, Hagel Has ‘No Good News’ 2013-07-19T00:09:25Z "Neap tides," on the other hand, occur when the moon is at first and last quarter and works at cross-purposes with the sun. Supermoon to Rise in Weekend Sky 2013-06-21T21:15:00.313Z Boxes 1 and 4, Congress and the Fed are pushing in the same direction, toward growth or contraction, but in Boxes 2 and 3, they are working at cross-purposes. Today's Economist: Congress and the Fed Need to Think Inside the Same Box 2014-03-18T14:30:19Z Mr. Schilling and his main investor found themselves at cross-purposes; he needed to control costs, but the taxpayers had been promised more jobs, and jobs they got. Curt Schilling, Rhode Island and the Fall of 38 Studios 2013-04-20T21:51:41Z Aside from their divergent views of their abilities, the two men’s goals are at cross-purposes. Soured Obama-Boehner Relationship Complicates Fiscal Talks 2012-12-16T00:47:05Z It was the fact that the first artifacts were also instruments of measurement that put historians and metricians at cross-purposes. How We Know That Humans Are Getting Smarter [Excerpt] 2012-09-28T14:15:04.030Z Somehow, this quaint household in the country, where nothing more important is happening than the birth of a child, becomes a symbol of the great world with all its tangle of cross-purposes. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z We have been at cross-purposes with each other all this time. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z He sat and looked, answering her father at cross-purposes, while she drew more and more into the shadow of the chimney-corner out of sight. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Was there some kind of a three-cornered complication, in which Farrington, Gibson, and Mrs. Davis each had a share, and all three playing at cross-purposes? Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z They would certainly be at cross-purposes on many perplexing points, until his companion had gained a clear comprehension of the entire situation. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z Rather than work together on offense, the Terrapins too often appeared to work at cross-purposes. Maryland vs. Georgia Tech: Terps fall flat in second half of 63-61 loss to lowly Yellow Jackets 2012-02-26T00:54:41Z None of Mr. Benson's women are more attractive than these two, who fight for long at cross-purposes, and end, as all honest natures must, with a truer understanding. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z In some ways, Mr. Obama’s message remains at cross-purposes with the House Democratic minority. House Democrats Welcome Obama?s Confrontational Tone Toward G.O.P. 2012-01-27T03:49:52Z But there's no good disguising that we've been at cross-purposes, and I want all that put right now. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z For the next three weeks there was such a comedy of errors and cross-purposes at Colyford Abbey as was never seen before anywhere outside of one of Mr. Gilbert's clever extravaganzas. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Sumner, besides his greater force, having some advantage from the earthworks previously constructed, repulsed Magruder’s attack, and the affair of cross-purposes failed of effect. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Of course, when the two parties are at cross-purposes, things run no more evenly than they would if the engineer of a train were out of touch with his crew. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z And so the game at cross-purposes went on. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Another sort of laborer may be incapable of much organization, may work at cross-purposes with the rest of the labor force, and may be an easy victim of exploitation. Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive 2011-11-19T03:00:28.253Z You know who I mean, and that he and I were always at cross-purposes. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z So thought General Lee, but some of his leaders were working at cross-purposes, and did not have that close attention that the times called for. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z You don’t want to be working at cross-purposes with a heavy-handed rule that depresses or reduces cycling.” Spokes: Bike Helmets Aren?t Required for New York Share Program 2011-10-14T23:29:14Z In all their official records there is not an instance of clash between them and the President, nor even a hint of cross-purpose or loss of good understanding. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z The same paper humorously summed up the condition of the French General Staff in a picture showing a falling house of which the occupants, pulling at cross-purposes, were accelerating the downfall. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z She would be a tool, a necessary pawn in this game of cross-purposes, which had the freedom and greatness of England for its ultimate aim. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z One of them is the young man's cousin, who is playing at cross-purposes with her suitor; the other is her intimate friend, arrived on a flying visit. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Inquiry as conscious formulation If, however, the two persons find themselves at cross-purposes, it is necessary to dig up and compare the presuppositions, the implied context, on the basis of which each is speaking. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z A suspicion of cross-purposes was in the air, which kept them silent when all together, but communicative enough when any two of them were alone in solitary places. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Frontenac and Duchesneau were both recalled in the end; but it was not for trading; it was for quarrelling, playing at cross-purposes, and sacrificing the welfare of the country to their mutual jealousies. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The very people who advocate peace are always at cross-purposes with some one else. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z Everything is at cross-purposes in life, I think! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The old man came to see him in the village inn, and played the game of cross-purposes with inimitable subtlety. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Lady Norah and Violet Dufaure were somewhat at cross-purposes, each preferring to talk to Stillford and endeavoring, under a false show of amity, to foist Captain Irons on to the other. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z But guessing is at best unsatisfactory work, and apt to lead to cross-purposes,” said Roland very quietly. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Who would have dreamt that the Charm would threaten to work to cross-purposes like this? The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z A result of this misunderstanding was an amusing game of cross-purposes between mother and daughter. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z No doubt it has, but this advance has not been made on any definite principle, but, as it were, in and out of a network of cross-purposes. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z How oddly all our comings and goings, and purposes and cross-purposes combine, fulfil, frustrate each other. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z It would save all danger of cross-purposes, though no word on the certainty could be exchanged between them. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Attack each other in an outburst of impatience at stupidity and cross-purposes? A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z She did not intend to work at cross-purposes with the official party committee, Ms. Krueger said. City Room: A Familiar Face in Peru, and a More Local Recruiting Effort 2011-05-18T19:21:12Z But the time came for Mr. Chattaway's eyes to be opened, and he awoke to the cross-purposes which had been at work. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z I am rather out of spirits,—indeed I feel that my public and myself are at cross-purposes. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z It turned out to be Mr. Mason, sir; but we were playing at cross-purposes, Mr. Charles, for he thought I was a plain-clothes detective. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z But, unfortunately, the embittered and aspiring leaders in Congress were planning at cross-purposes with the president. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z So they went on, each continuing his own line of thought, as much at cross-purposes as if they were insane, until a bystander, taking pity on them, came to the rescue. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z They stared at each other, as people at cross-purposes often do. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Bosh!" said my brother politely—he was certainly rather discomposed—"we are talking at cross-purposes. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z I think, sir, that we are playing at cross-purposes. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z We must be playing at cross-purposes,' with an attempted smile. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Then tenderly she stroked the brown hair, wondering silently at the game of cross-purposes love is always playing. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Already and before entering the Bering Sea, there was a full crop of suspicion and cross-purpose sowed upon the Pole Star. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The account of his interview with his father was too incoherent to give me more than the idea that they had talked somewhat at cross-purposes. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z I never understood it; but I could see that they who did were somehow at cross-purposes,—all standing in adverse lights,—if I may use the expression. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z It won't be easy, because Google is a tech conglomerate, an assemblage of parts that sometimes work at cross-purposes. Larry Page's Google 3.0 2011-01-27T04:30:38Z I was once more brought up against the game of cross-purposes that Barreau and Montell were playing, and the Hudson’s Bay Company again loomed as a factor. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z It also shows how the outsourcing of military and intelligence operations has spawned legally murky clandestine operations that can be at cross-purposes with America’s foreign policy goals. Former Spy With Agenda Operates Own Private C.I.A. 2011-01-22T21:48:44Z Between us, we half carried her from the room, while the others were attending to the medium and at cross-purposes among themselves. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z “We appear to be at cross-purposes,” he observed. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z That zeal can end up putting them at cross-purposes with operations. How to Handle a Spike in Sales 2010-07-28T10:07:00Z Governing the government's vast intelligence network and eliminating redundant functions that often act at cross-purposes will be nearly impossible. Experts discuss the government's growing intelligence network: Is it too big? 2010-07-25T04:00:00Z The police also seem unschooled in rules of engagement, which risks putting their behavior at cross-purposes with Western units trying to earn civilian support. Afghan Police Earn Poor Grade for Marja Mission 2010-06-02T03:39:00Z He acknowledged that his efforts were somewhat at cross-purposes with those of his bosses, who are trying to convince Congress that Constellation is unworkable. Busy Schedule for Ares Rocket That Obama Wants Scrapped 2010-05-17T00:08:00Z There was strain in the atmosphere, cross-purposes, these purposes unfulfilled, each word and action charged with emotion that was unable to express itself. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath "If we find every fact of life at cross-purpose with Scripture, what then?" The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life "We are evidently at cross-purposes," I said to him. Yiddish Tales At this point obstinacy had prevented an understanding, set him and Angus at cross-purposes, and led to a fresh quarrel. The Land of Strong Men What, in the name of cross-purposes, have parents to do with controlling the affections of their children? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Among so many cross-purposes and discouragements, it was a difficult task for Washington to "keep the life and soul of the army together." The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Soon as I knew he was on the case, I reported to my superiors and we dropped the thing like a hot potato, just to avoid being at cross-purposes. The Caves of Fear There followed an unsoldierly and uncharacteristic blunder on the part of the Black Prince which determined all the strange cross-purposes of that week. Poitiers This little fire of cross-purposes sadly perplexed the canonico, who looked up now and then from his plate with a face of stupid astonishment at all that went forward. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Flossy discerned the entanglement at once—she saw that Hubert meant one thing and Enid another; but out of their cross-purposes she divined a way of keeping the girl silent. A Life Sentence A Novel There was something like cross-purposes between us; and I observed that my fair cousin was extraordinary ignorant o' a' matters concerning us, and o' the circumstances o' a number o' oor mutual relations. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III A quiet face it was, and very old, seamed and creased by mazy wrinkles that played at aimless cross-purposes with each other, beginning and ending nowhere. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 We were at cross-purposes, and the man thought we wished to motor across the little bridge connecting Germany and Holland. An Account of Our Arresting Experiences But I vaguely felt he and I were at cross-purposes. Miss Cayley's Adventures At the breakfast, accordingly, it soon appeared we were at cross-purposes. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Thereupon we fell to cross-purposes: I beseeching her to explain her words; she putting me by, and continuing to recommend the doctor for a friend. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) This very night I sent for you, that this game of cross-purposes might have an end. Mabel's Mistake Fate was playing at cross-purposes with handsome Rex, but no subtle warning came to him. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love She felt herself at cross-purposes with her foolish little world. Love and Lucy I am not fortunate, and we are a couple at cross-purposes. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) When there were disagreements and cross-purposes they made her almost ill. The Prisoner The girls then told their adventures and were equally amused to find they had all been at cross-purposes the whole time. Australia Revenged I shall not play at cross-purposes with you any longer; it is plainly evident there is little affection lost between us. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Pat was amused, though I'm not sure she understood the little play of cross-purposes as well as I understand it. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America “I think we are playing at cross-purposes,” said he, “which you will find to prove a very ill amusement for yourself.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Some of the commonest of technical terms convey such different meanings in different periods of philosophy that people who use them at random are easily set at hopelessly cross-purposes.... The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice At times they work harmoniously together and again at cross-purposes. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Audience and play, speaking generally, were at cross-purposes. The Light of the Star A Novel "Can we condole with you on this game of cross-purposes?" The Duke's Motto A Melodrama Here there were no tools available for repair, the few belonging to the company having been dispatched, by orders given at cross-purposes, straight to Cambridge. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force No two opposing armies ever wearied heaven with asking more impossible cross-purposes than does this fraternal, Union army of ours. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II But what a game of cross-purposes we’ll be playing; I for you, and you for me, and neither for ourselves! The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The donnée is one of the great old simple cross-purposes of Fate—not a mere "conflict," as the silly modern jargon has it. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century You will find the very names of the old futile cross-purposes of party warfare will fall into the limbo which has swallowed up the pillory, the stocks, and Little Englandism. The Message Never was an adviser more at cross-purposes with the advised. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. We were still playing at cross-purposes; therefore I urged her to be frank with me. The Seven Secrets That ambassador returned furious, crying out against the Spanish Government, and especially against Madame des Ursins, who directed everything, he said, and who had played at cross-purposes in order to cause his mission to miscarry. Political Women, Vol. 2 He became conscious of the fact that they were at cross-purposes. Colorado Jim One of these, in gratitude for this attention, proposes that which she well knows will be agreeable to the whole party, some species of round game like our cross-purposes, involving forfeits. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. There is in this matter a curious tangle of cross-purposes, which only a parallel example can make at all clear. What I Saw in America It is only a low, feeble, and undeveloped intelligence that finds God and Nature at cross-purposes. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology The pretty vision greeted him with the air of a privileged child of the house, interrupting only for an instant the babel of cross-purpose explanation about carriages and trains. The Convert Some hidden obliquity in the Treadwell soul, which kept it always at cross-purposes with life, prevented any lessening of the deep antagonism between the old and the young of the race. Virginia Had she 240 and Pia simply been playing a quite amazing game of cross-purposes that evening? Antony Gray,—Gardener And indeed the whole conversation is rather like some such cross-purposes about some such word as 'Lincoln'; in which one party should be talking about the President and the other about the cathedral. What I Saw in America Neither can the laws of Nature and the laws of God be at cross-purposes, for that would make harmony impossible and inconceivable. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology “I fear we are speaking at cross-purposes,” he said, gently. The Mistress of Shenstone You are in a world full of cross-purposes and counter-currents and side-winds, of accumulated conservatisms and masses of mere inertia and oppositions which straddle or shoulder themselves across your path. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Thus they played at cross-purposes for a while, these two overgrown boys. Skinner's Dress Suit The whole period is remarkable for its antagonisms and cross-purposes, and these are brought to view by Hassall with much subtlety of insight and felicity of observation. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 So far as they are each true, they must eventually, and inevitably clasp hands, instead of working at cross-purposes. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology “It is well that you communicated with me, sir,” he said, “we were working at cross-purposes when, in reality, our interests were identical.” The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure He sat with her some time longer and thought—perhaps it was only a fancy—that she was rather absent, as if she were annoyed at their having been even for a moment at cross-purposes. A London Life and Other Tales As if to complete a very cat's-cradle of cross-purposes, Washington had heard of it only through the Richmond newspapers. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps As we were playing at cross-purposes, it was evident that all my direct thrusts would be regarded as blunders by him. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk Would it not be better now, instead of working at cross-purposes in this matter, if you were to trust me more fully and enable me to act in harmony with your plans and wishes? A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike As colleagues in the Senate, we got along very agreeably and never had any cross-purposes or differences of opinion. Fifty Years of Public Service Everyone seemed to be playing the game of cross-purposes with everyone else. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World Numerous interesting cases of cross-purposes between the Composer and the circle developed during these two days. The Shadow World There are plenty of stirring scenes along the way, plenty of treachery and fighting at cross-purposes which lead to intricate and dramatic situations. In Kings' Byways There was no room for cross-purposes or disturbing thoughts. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Both clearly see the strange, romantic threads restraining them within coercive limits, interdicting helpful alliances while leading all at divergent angles of cross-purpose. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 You will have to believe it, Mr. Trent; it is so utterly true to life, with its confusions and hidden things and cross-purposes and perfectly natural mistakes that nobody thinks twice about taking for facts. The Woman in Black This anxiety was so obvious to Tom, who, for the sake of fun, loved cross-purposes dearly, that he determined to push his conversation further, just because he saw it was unwelcome. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Then I told Cordelia of my experience with Mr. Blossom, and we wondered where and when and how this pathetic comedy of cross-purposes would end. Second Book of Tales I took for granted that he was talking of his future wife, but in a moment, as we were at cross-purposes, perceived that he meant Lady Vandeleur. The Path Of Duty And Pablo was as much perplexed by their questions as they were by his answers; for never was a conversation carried on so hopelessly at cross-purposes. The Aztec Treasure-House As each body has diverse whims, the pursuit of these must lead to the widest range and conflict of aims, and thus materialism results in disorder, cross-purposes and confusion. Spirit and Music "I think, ma'am," said the Lord Proprietor, "we are talking at cross-purposes." Major Vigoureux And Brent Taber strode out of Porter's office, a man who stood alone in the Washington jungle of clashing ambitions, of purposes and cross-purposes—but a man who had no thought of quitting. Ten From Infinity In fact there was evidence even at that late date that some staff members in the personnel bureau were working at cross-purposes to the Navy's expressed policy. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 As with civilization so with Christianity: the germs of it, derived from different regions of Christendom, were planted without concert of purpose, and often with distinct cross-purposes, in different seed-plots along the Atlantic seaboard. A History of American Christianity They'd make you think it was the most complicated, rotten, intriguing business imaginable; all misunderstandings and cross-purposes, and the Lord knows what. The Call of the Blood "All right, gentlemen," I said, "I take it that we're agreed that we must all follow a single line of policy and not work at cross-purposes to each other?" Lone Star Planet I understand," quoth she frankly; "and I will not play at cross-purposes with you. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Explanations, on one side and the other, were demanded and produced; from which it appeared that the two parties had been in some degree at cross-purposes. The Tragic Muse The two delegations were playing at cross-purposes—each trying to defeat the designs of the other, and each finding its most available candidate in the State of the other. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He shook her hand off, impatiently, although the act seemed at cross-purposes with his own will. Phantom Wires A Novel Never perhaps has there been a situation of such excruciating cross-purposes even in the three-act farce. George Bernard Shaw When all turn to one Center, then there can be no cross-purposes or confusion and the nearer all draw to the Center, the nearer they will draw to each other. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era No selection, no arrangement is required of him; the new world that is laid before him is the world of art, life liberated from the tangle of cross-purposes, saved from arbitrary distortion. The Craft of Fiction It was a singular case of playing at parliamentary cross-purposes, and afforded the ground, as it proved in the end, for a prolonged and somewhat exciting discussion. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The chaos of Europe to-day shows the play of such elemental forces, unorganized, at cross-purposes, antagonistic, fighting it out in the attempt to find an equilibrium. The Last Harvest But, indeed, it is needless to say that such comic cross-purposes could be put into a play; they have been put into a play. George Bernard Shaw I have never read it straight through at one time; and to this hour, I am not quite clear about all the ramifications of the plot and the various cross-purposes of the persons. Studies in Early Victorian Literature In this way East and West were at cross-purposes. The Arian Controversy There is no confusion or cross-purpose in the hive. The Breath of Life After a while we talked again, and explained all the cross-purposes to each other, with the most interesting pauses in between the explanations. The Motor Maid So they kept playing at cross-purposes, without either getting much out of the other. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour "I am at cross-purposes with life, just now, sir." Hills of the Shatemuc Beyond this Germany was a seething muddle of contradictions and cross-purposes, which, it is hardly unfair to say, are capably reflected in his pages. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 A certain order and reasonableness emerges from the chaos and cross-purposes. The Breath of Life "If I had known we were at cross-purposes!" he exclaimed. Adrien Leroy The deaf people answered at cross-purposes; those who had colds by coughing, and the lame by halting; all recited their complaints and misfortunes, which produced infinite mirth among the audience. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 There was scarcely a slip on either side, though we were at cross-purposes if ever men were. Oddsfish! At first they played a little at cross-purposes. Austin and His Friends Oh," he exclaimed sharply, striking the back of the chair with his open palm, "why must we always be at cross-purposes with each other? A Man's Woman What a sorry world it was, with its cross-purposes, its snarled labyrinths! The Grey Cloak The greatest sacrifice and the frequentest in this world of cross-purposes never gets into poetry. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem "Had it done so," he observed, "there would have been collisions, cross-purposes, waste of application, and in many cases something approaching to administrative confusion." Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. If we could be shut in sense and surface, Nature would seem a game of cross-purposes, every creature devouring another. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Thus the advocates of intervention in Russia, whether direct or indirect, are at perpetual cross-purposes with themselves. The Economic Consequences of the Peace Many troubles and cross-purposes, however, beset the new periodical; difficulties with which Hood was ill fitted, by his now rapidly and fatally worsening health, to cope. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "Then he and you have been playing at cross-purposes to-day," remarked the doctor, with a smile. Verner's Pride "Well, if that is not the rarest case of cross-purposes that I ever knew," Bell said, wiping her hands upon Aunt Betsy's apron, and preparing to attack the piled up basket just brought in. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering I fussed and complained till I must have been unendurable, for the emotions within me were all at cross-purposes. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World "But how is it he's a seed you if you haven't a seed he?" said Joan, fairly puzzled by this game of cross-purposes. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 The ease with which the right master and man fall into this talk after the earlier cross-purposes with the wrong man, seems to betray the fact that they do belong together. Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Yet while each partner seems exclusively to occupy his own field, independent of and unrestricted by the other, it rarely happens that there are any cross-purposes between them. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 For that is the way Fate loves to set us playing at cross-purposes with each other. The Thunder Bird The vigorous fulfillment of the responsibility implied confusion, cross-purposes, and excessive severity, because the powers of a single state were too great within its specific jurisdiction and absolutely negligible beyond. The Promise of American Life She even did her best to obey his wishes in all respects in which she understood them, but here an unexpected and confusing play of cross-purposes came in to mislead her. Esther They are so readily familiar that the cross-purposes making up the plot seem to be no longer troublesome either to themselves or the audience. Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies They talk at cross-purposes, as they wander in and out of the garden terrace; they plan out their lives, and life comes and surprises them by the way. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory "You were anxious to find me, Baron, and I may have seemed hard to catch, but I believe we have been working at cross-purposes to serve the same interests." The Port of Missing Men That Obed had suspected me before he had any cause made it no easier now to play a concealed game at cross-purposes; and no pleasanter. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts It is not a question of controversies, but rather of cross-purposes. The New Jerusalem Antipholus is also now reassured about his gold, and the earlier cross-purpose seems only a jest. Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies The action of the piece proceeds throughout by intrigue; that is, a complication of cross-purposes wherein the several persons strive to outwit and circumvent one another. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England It's an economic waste," he sighed, "all this cross-purposes. The Rules of the Game With a view to avoiding cross-purposes there is nothing like economy of speech. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 "We are at cross-purposes, I think," he continued. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories I think we speak at cross-purposes, Mr. Shaw," he said courteously, "and that we may better understand each other, I am going to tell you a little story. Spanish Doubloons And yet, with all their efforts, would they have succeeded in conveying that singular impression of disturbance, of cross-purposes, of hurry, and of ill-defined fear, which Beyle with his quiet terseness has produced? Books and Characters French and English Some of my best friends are Northerners, wearing that uniform, but, as it chances, we have met in war, playing at cross-purposes. Love under Fire It was but for four hundred years—and those years of confusion and of the gradual elimination of the supernatural—that the two had been at cross-purposes. Dawn of All "Monsieur, how idle are these cross-purposes!" she said, folding her fan. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 More important than this, however, was her belief that he would never work at cross-purposes with his wife. The Happiest Time of Their Lives It involved you in no such labyrinths of farfetched absurdities and exasperating cross-purposes as Graham's did. Mary Wollaston Miss Hardy," I said soberly, "what use is there for us to play at cross-purposes? Love under Fire The plainest things are found to need a world of debate,—the simplest things become entangled,—the noble assemblies play solemnly a ludicrous game at cross-purposes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 But it is a game at cross-purposes all through this dangerous pastime; and perhaps its very contretemps are what make it so interesting to the players, so amusing to the lookers-on. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." It was very amusing to hear her and Hope talk at cross-purposes. Malbone: an Oldport Romance I had only a sense of grey desolation, of hopeless cross-purposes. Tono Bungay Small wonder we had conversed at cross-purposes; the only wonder was that we had not discovered our mutual mistake. The Amateur Cracksman "Sir Ralph and she were always at cross-purposes," he said at last. The Case of Richard Meynell It is a choice of evils, after all, this favourite game of cross-purposes for two. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Young man, your parentage had unusual features, or else we are at cross-purposes. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages How is it that we can have been playing at these cross-purposes, Arthur? The Channings "You must think us all mad—at our games of cross-purposes," he said. The Isle of Unrest For us two, playing at being lovers was just the same as playing at cross-purposes. The Magnificent Ambersons Besides this, there was much falling in love at cross-purposes, and a general animosity of everybody against everybody else, in proportion to the closeness of the natural ties and their obligation to love one another. The Ancestral Footstep (fragment) Outlines of an English Romance That NATO, under America's thumb, and the vaguely anti-American EU are at cross-purposes emerged during the recent spat over the International Criminal Court. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism So many desires of men, always struggling at cross-purposes! Together The idea and plan of a great rural civilization must shine like a burning lamp in the imagination of the youth of Ireland, or we shall only be at cross-purposes and end in little fatuities. Imaginations and Reveries That night they escaped the world with its fierce cross-purposes, its checker-board scheme. The Web of Life Her talk, so gay, so strangely at cross-purposes with reality, was like a vivifying wine to him. Snow-Blind In the Black Hawk War, Captain Lincoln came to cross-purposes with the regular army commissariat. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form You are at cross-purposes, but your main sympathies are identical. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel In the drama both these significations coincide, for the cunning of the one becomes a cross-purpose for the other. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The governor, in truth, was sorely perplexed about this time by contradictions and cross-purposes, both in military and civil affairs. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 "What game of cross-purposes and crooked answers is this?" The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise A game at cross-purposes ensued; exclamations and explanations, and denials and apologies filled up the time which was to have made Master Horner so blest. The Best American Humorous Short Stories V. be disorderly &c. adj.; ferment, play at cross-purposes. put out of order; derange &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases We had a talk of some length, wholly at cross-purposes. England and the War The cross-purposes which Washington had apprehended, soon manifested themselves. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 The plainest things were found to need a world of debate; the simplest things became entangled; the noble assemblies played solemnly a ludicrous game of cross-purposes. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 The situation had perplexities only so long as the generals were playing at cross-purposes by reason of imperfect knowledge. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 "We appear to be talking at cross-purposes," she said. The Coming of Bill The internal chemical processes are at cross-purposes; beneficent juices lose their way and work harm in other provinces, while what is malignant may attack the very core of our organism. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller Jealousy among the commissioners has often led to friction and to working at cross-purposes. Problems in American Democracy Almost always vagueness at a crucial point in public debate is a symptom of cross-purposes. Public Opinion Feeling that he could not openly voice his suspicions until the other was ready to show his hand, Blake kept a close mouth, and thus the two played at cross-purposes. The Net We were destined to play at cross-purposes much longer, and with more serious issues. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story My friends—old and new—I saw inextricably caught in a tangle of cross-purposes, miserably and hopelessly involved in a situation for which I could predict no possible relief. The Guest of Quesnay They may be, and often are, of a different political party than the Governor, and since they are not under the control of that official, they often work at cross-purposes with him. Problems in American Democracy The moment I understood that, I saw that I and Brother Hyacinth had been at cross-purposes. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca Because there's too much confusion already—too much petty jealousy and working at cross-purposes. In Secret As a matter of fact, he and I are very much at cross-purposes. The Evil Shepherd The apparent cross-purpose of the despatches is explained by the difficulty of communication between headquarters and the Sixth Corps. The Campaign of Chancellorsville Richard had worked at cross-purposes and returned to his boarding-house vaguely dissatisfied, as always happened to him on those rare occasions when she missed the appointment; but he had thought little of the circumstance. The Stillwater Tragedy When we speak of men at once ignorant of each other and frustrated by each other, we say they are at cross-purposes. The Ball and the Cross The Northern leaders, as happened so often in this war, were uncertain of their authority, and were at cross-purposes. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign Can't you see how we have all been at cross-purposes, and what mamma has been thinking and saying of poor Mr. Glascock? He Knew He Was Right In this respect, there may be said to be a general system of cross-purposes between the feelings of the different characters and the sympathy of the reader or the audience. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays "I don't understand them and I find I am at cross-purposes all the time." Katherine's Sheaves Everything in the world seemed wrong and at cross-purposes. Love, the Fiddler On the contrary, there is a vast shadow of melancholy, a painful sadness, doubt and cross-purpose, boldness at one moment and timidity at the next, a longing for solitude. Half a Rogue Then he would answer her at cross-purposes, committing the most singular blunders, which he labored afterwards to explain. The Widow Lerouge But all this was not what Mrs. Mayford meant,—in fact, these two good ladies were at cross-purposes. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn "Everything in it seems to be at cross-purposes." Katherine's Sheaves In this other play one of the actors plays at cross-purposes with the author—forgets his lines and himself altogether and becomes in reality the man that he seems to be in the first play. A Second Book of Operas “All right,” said Mr. Bince, “I suppose we shall see you Thursday, but just bear in mind, please, that you and I can work better together than at cross-purposes.” The Efficiency Expert This theory, unlike the first, entails frequent hitches and cross-purposes; and to some malign operation of these I should owe my present holiday. Such Is Life But he was an old soldier in the game of words and cross-purposes. The Puppet Crown "Yes, I can comprehend that, if you are trying to mix materia medica and Science; you will have to drop one or the other, or still be at 'cross-purposes,'" returned the lady. Katherine's Sheaves There were, however, local entanglements and political cross-purposes which involved the interests of the free State of Illinois and those of the slave State of Missouri. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North Isabel couldn't rid herself of a suspicion that they were playing somehow at cross-purposes—that the simplicity of each had been entrapped. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 My dear Monsieur d'Herblay, I have been playing at cross-purposes for more than an hour, and, however amusing it may be, I begin to have had enough of this game. Ten Years Later There were endless cross-purposes between him and Washington. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray I think, monsieur," she said presently, watching him from under her lids, "that we have, all of us who are concerned in Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye's affairs, been at cross-purposes. Saint Martin's Summer I think, Comrade Wilberfloss," he said, "we are talking at cross-purposes. Psmith, Journalist He sat and looked, answering her father at cross-purposes, while she drew more and more into the shadow of the chimney-corner out of sight. Lizzie Leigh I thought, moreover, that I discovered signs of cross-purposes, as between the young people, though I think a pocket-handkerchief subject to those general laws, concerning secrets, that are recognized among all honorable persons. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief They were perfectly at cross-purposes, and it was the better, and they wandered together in the silver haze with all communication blurred. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] "It is so amusing, this chapter of cross-purposes," she cried. Phyllis of Philistia The game of cross-purposes was as impenetrable in Foreign Affairs as in the Gold Conspiracy. The Education of Henry Adams I think," said M. de La Tour d'Azyr, slowly, "that we are at cross-purposes. Scaramouche The only event here, my sweet, is that I am playing cross-purposes with myself. Letters of Two Brides If it happened that you didn't either—which was rare, yet might be—of course there were cross-purposes; but Brooksmith was there to prevent their going very far. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] "That toilet of hers seems to have been the only happy element in the game of cross-purposes which was played to-night." Phyllis of Philistia All the world had been at cross-purposes, had misunderstood themselves and the situation, had followed wrong paths, drawn wrong conclusions, had known none of the facts. The Education of Henry Adams Many stories are told of the disrespect he showed the President, and the cross-purposes at which they labored. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln There was another circumstance that may well have been Lincoln's consolation in this tangle of cross-purposes. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Nothing could be more natural than these two passions at cross-purposes, born in the silence of the dingy shop, as violets bloom in the depths of a wood. At the Sign of the Cat & Racket Yes, that is, as you say, the most amusing part of the whole evening of cross-purposes. Phyllis of Philistia As a matter of fact, he was not jealous, and he was unfaithful; but fate had decreed that there should be, for the moment, a game of cross-purposes; and the decrees of fate are incorrigible. The Golden Fleece, a romance He was born the year Bunyan died, born at cross-purposes with the world. Study of the King James Bible His near horizon which had kept him all along from grasping the negative side of the Southern movement prevented his perception of this tragic instance of cross-purposes. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War It is needless to go into a detail of the variety of accidents and cross-purposes, which caused the failure of his scheme. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West It may easily be imagined what a series of misunderstandings and cross-purposes would be likely to take place between such a crew and such a commander. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Besides all this, the eccentricity of events leads to endless cross-purposes; many are called and few are chosen is the law of earth as of heaven. Bureaucracy I think we are at cross-purposes," said I. "The spirit is precisely what I came in quest of. The Wrecker Because of these cross-purposes, because the Southern alarm was based on another thing than the standing or falling of slavery, the situation called for much more than tact, for profound psychological statesmanship. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Here we wandered into misunderstandings and cross-purposes, due largely, I must admit, to the looseness of my expressions. The First Men in the Moon |
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