"At a minimum, it's a shot across the bow, " Tripp's lawyer, Anthony Zaccagnini, told TIME.

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It is merely another shot across the bow and one among many yet to come.

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Nonetheless, the new tax law must be understood as a shot across the bow for non-profits.

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Microsoft's shot across the bow at VMware is inevitable as companies throughout the industry shift to Web-based services.

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Is the White House comfortable with what appears to be sort of a shot across the bow from the Pentagon?

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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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"This is a shot across the bow from Google, " he says.

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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.

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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.

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Last week, Bernanke shot across the bow of Congress, telling them to come up with policies to get the job market going again and reform the tax laws.

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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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Treasuries, meanwhile, have also taken a shot across the bow.

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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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But we already had warning shots across the bow.

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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.

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The big rating agencies have been firing shots across the bow of the ship of state in Washington, but any moves to strip the U.S. of its AAA status will likely wait until after the government announces budget cuts next month.

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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.

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If they are right, Monday's plunge may have been the first shot across the proverbial bow, with others to follow.

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But even if FERC ultimately falls far short of the full recoveries it seeks, the warning shot has sounded across the proverbial bow.

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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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