In the latest dispute, the Americans walked a careful line.
"I have to walk a very careful line," he said.
Democrats have walked a careful line, trying to keep their criticism alive, but lowering expectations that they alone can influence war policy.
But you always have to draw a careful line when it comes to designing cybernetics.
"One had to steer a very careful line," he continued.
She nodded and did it, nine careful lines in four seconds.
A careful line with her glass cutter along an inside border of the tape.
The men say they must walk a careful line when it comes to foreign policy.
Democratic leaders were walking a careful line of personal loyalty and institutional respect.
So city officials are walking a careful line in explaining how the new eligibility rules will be enforced.