21. In some cases, their training works at cross purposes with U . S . foreign policy. 22. N . B . I do think in many cases here we're talking at cross purposes ! 23. I've not often seen an AfD where both points of view were so clearly at cross purposes . 24. The Clinton administration is working at cross purposes with regard to the North American Free Trade Agreement. 25. You tell this executive a little, and that executive a little, and they work at cross purposes . 26. Can the'working at cross purposes 'be resolved ? talk ) 06 : 23, 2 June 2011 ( UTC) 27. But since McGovern has such an ax to grind, director and writer ultimately work at cross purposes . 28. We're working at cross purposes ." 29. Harter said that it quickly became clear to him that he and Freeman were working at cross purposes . 30. Frequently, there were various hidden agendas working in the background, often working at cross purposes with one another.