31. It was really at cross purposes , 32. For the Fed and the administration to be at cross purposes does not bode well for the economy. 33. Usually we're at cross purposes ." 34. It is critical that the U . S . and the EU work together, and not at cross purposes , 35. After she explains, he is contrite but they continue at cross purposes when she angrily rejects his drunken advances. 36. Overcoming the irony here, allowing the AfD to continue while others work on the article is not at cross purposes . 37. As Thompson, a former traditional tribal leader, described it, the tribe's three often-competing branches of government are at cross purposes . 38. The two women converse at cross purposes , with Yelena confessing her unhappiness and Sonya gushing about the doctor s virtues. 39. Meeting that challenge may be at cross purposes with satisfying its aging population's desire to keep huge welfare-state subsidies intact. 40. Still, there's little doubt that Spitzer has helped reveal in dramatic fashion the problem of stock analysts working at cross purposes .
