"At a minimum, it's a shot across the bow, " Tripp's lawyer, Anthony Zaccagnini, told TIME.
Nonetheless, the new tax law must be understood as a shot across the bow for non-profits.
Is the White House comfortable with what appears to be sort of a shot across the bow from the Pentagon?
It could be a shot across the bow from a new competitor or a conniving, malicious act from an old friend.
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Secretaries Gates, Clinton and Geithner all had speeches, which some have described as kind of a shot across the bow beforehand with some fairly tough talk.
Treasuries, meanwhile, have also taken a shot across the bow.
While Fisher blamed the monetization of the federal debt on fiscal policymakers, his statement was a shot across the bow of those who expect easy money to continue forever.
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People have described Guild Wars 2 as a possible World of Warcraft killer, and while I think the two games are different enough to make this a non-issue, bringing the game to Mac is almost certainly a shot fired across the bow at Blizzard.
But the company that put a shot across the Beltway bow over deficit spending is now the only target of a credit-ratings prosecution.
The JP Morgan flap is likely just a minor shot across the bow in terms of the highly public imbroglios ahead as the asset recovery saga goes forward.
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This is the first time either chamber has formally voted in opposition to this agreement and is a salutary shot across the bow of its proponents.
Instead they fired a shot across the U.S. bow by harassing a diplomat posted in China's freest and most democratic city.
This pitched battle is clearly a precursor to the 2012 elections, but it is also the latest shot across the bow of union purists who are relentless in waging a war against government and business for the benefit of their members.
"If you want to take a shot across China's bow, this is the answer, " said Mike Rogers, the Republican politician who co-wrote Cispa and chairs the House Intelligence Committee.
Then-Chairman Greenspan's "irrational exuberance" speech was in December 1996, with the bulk of the dot-com bubble to follow, but the Fed didn't even hike reserve requirements to send a warning shot across Wall Street's bow.
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