31.   But that would be an extraordinary step, and both sides are trying to avoid it.

32.   But the two sides have tried to reduce military tensions in the strait in recent months as they broaden economic ties.

33.   Each side has tried to articulate the correctness of its positions without presenting hard facts to document its case.

34.   Each side has tried to use the blast to discredit the other.

35.   Each side has been trying to raise expectations for the other.

36.   Each side is also trying to wrap their resolution in the mantle of bipartisanship, a tall order at this point.

37.   Each side tries to tailor new reports to make its cause appear more just and to counter disclosures from the other.

38.   Each side would try to get the other to blink.

39.   Duffy has made it clear that the two sides should try to settle it with new collective bargaining.

40.   Fortunes can reverse daily, as each side tries increasingly drastic tactics.