" On the right hand, scrub firs, their spirits quite unbroken by long years of tussle with the gulf winds, grew thickly.
"Wow," said the friend, "that was quite a tussle.
At the heart of its latest tussle with the government is India's pervasive problem with spam and nuisance calls -- one the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is trying to counter with an app that it wants all phone makers to install.
Facebook had largely avoided becoming ensnared in this regulatory tussle.
The tussle has recently attracted new shareholders with ambiguous loyalties, such as Evergrande, which last week raised its stake in Vanke to 7 per cent, making it the third-largest shareholder and qualifying it to eventually nominate a director.
And it's in a competitive tussle with WeChat to keep market share — fueling even more innovation.
"Wow," said the friend, "that was quite a tussle.
At its simplest, it is a tussle within ourselves, both as consumers and as citizens.
Brazilian police have arrested Facebook's vice-president for Latin America after claims the social network refused to co-operate with an investigation into drug trafficking, marking a fresh tussle between US technology groups and law enforcement agencies.
"Wow," said the friend, "that was quite a tussle.