Sentences with phrase «as tense negotiations»

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The tense negotiations over Greece's debt come as the Greek government struggles to find a consensus to pass the budget reforms demanded by its so - called troika of lenders — the European Central Bank, European Union and International Monetary Fund — in exchange for releasing the next installment of bailout money, a 30 billion euro ($ 38.3 billion) payout scheduled to be released in March.

During his father's run for governor in 1982, Andrew Cuomo served as campaign manager and participated in tense negotiations with gay advocates, whose support his father was quietly courting.

The governor told reporters that while the state is «entering the political season now,» he would still work with the Republican - dominated Senate leadership coalition, which he denounced as a failure in a video message recorded, after tense negotiations, to win the Working Families Party endorsement last weekend.

It's unclear whether that coalition will endure, as progressives questioned Cuomo's commitment to re-taking the Senate — a promise that was made in the course of tense negotiations to secure the Working Families Party nomination.

When asked if anyone in the administration would be held accountable for telling the Journal the mayor was «bumbling and incompetent,» Mr. Cuomo brushed off the comment as just part of tense negotiations.

Working from Burke's screenplay, the Brazilian director Jose Padilha («Narcos») cuts between the increasingly tense passengers, confined to a sweaty corner of the Entebbe airport terminal; the infighting among the terrorists; and the high - level political and military planning put into action by Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), a no - negotiation hard - liner, and Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi), depicted here as the conflicted pragmatist.

Dealing with a Somali translator named Omar (Asgar), who claims that his life is also on the line should the negotiations turn sour, the back - and - forth makes things tense on both sides of the phone, as one false move could spell the end of a hostage's life.

Her accounts of D.C. school visits; negotiations with Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers; and other tense occasions come and go in clipped phrases, as if Rhee simply hasn't the time to probe the dynamics behind them.

From concerns over matter management to tense pricing negotiations, client demands and expectations are as mercurial as the global economy itself — a headache to those firms ill - prepared to master a «full - service» client partnership.