collision of interests

"You get this collision of interests as times change."

This pessimism results from a strange collision of interests.

"Electricity deregulation really brings about a collision of interests," Mr. Nader said.

The two wanted to sing, but Noel preferred the piano, and Leonel, the guitar, for which at no time there was collision of interests, but an integration of musical inclinations.

The struggle between the Communists and the Dalai Lama over who has the right to name the Panchen Lama is not just an arcane religious struggle; it is part of the collision of interests over who rules Tibet.

The Hollywood Reporter named the show as the one to watch over the summer it debuted and stated that the ensemble of well drawn characters created a "reality that speaks to the collision of interests, the dispersal of power and the impossibility of effective compromise."