Sentences with word «brinksmanship»

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who has close ties to teachers unions, has balked at the latter notion, leading to a game of brinksmanship as the program and the Albany legislative session expire this month.

«The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed,» S&P analysts explained in announcing the downgrade.

Big - business leaders are fed up with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

HF: About 8 years ago, you said that in those specific movements, «certain aspects of abstract art are going to begin influencing this dogma and there will be a new type of aesthetic brinksmanship as artists skirt the edge between abstract and representational art.»

In my opinion there is a game of brinksmanship going on.

«If brinksmanship by both sides does lead to a broken relationship, then we think Viacom shares could see more downside as it would create a much higher probability of future negotiations ending badly for the company.»

Gov. David Paterson's plan to re-open state parks by sweeping EPF funds didn't pass muster with the Legislature, instead falling victim to the latest round of «budget brinksmanship.»

The budget is turning from stalemate to brinksmanship on Tuesday, a day after lawmakers approved an eight - week temporary extender measure that funds state government until May 31.

However, I do worry that this game of brinksmanship with the budget and debt ceiling will adversely affect the US's credit rating and might reduce confidence in our debt.

The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship — and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.

The book tells their stories of growth, challenge, anguish, triumph, and more, interspersed with other big names of other basketball legends and high - stakes brinksmanship.

The prime minister's brinksmanship did too much damage to Greece's financial system to justify the leverage he got

Accordingly, after the short - lived brinksmanship and theatre on the margins of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Da Nang, Vietnam, which had briefly raised the possibility of a 10 - member TPP without the United States and Canada, Canada came on board and the CPTPP was pushed through to conclusion.

The market, meanwhile, isn't helped by D.C. brinksmanship over the debt ceiling and the federal budget, DiNapoli said.

But now, thanks to the marvellous brinksmanship of their leader, the Tories can finally agree on Europe.

But he said he would not support the fiscal brinksmanship that brought the United States close to defaulting on its debt.

Definitely they should refuse to cooperate — Vince Cable's reward for stubborn brinksmanship was a relatively small six per cent signed off for his business department in the final minutes.

Maryland's offer was real, local leaders said, and didn't want to play economic development brinksmanship with the company, especially knowing the risk.

He mainly blamed the president and Senate majority leader Harry Reid for the stalemate, shutdown, and debt - ceiling brinksmanship.

«Prolonged brinksmanship is already hurting the economy,» said Bloomberg.

The bad - taste brinksmanship continues right through to the closing credits with a montage of photos aimed to make viewers walk out of the theatre wondering if they saw what they thought they saw.

The IMF oversight committee cites «wanton brinksmanship» as the reason for closing down the «throwback» that is the IMF.

Filmmaker Damien Chazelle's powerful second feature, «Whiplash,» explores the disturbing relationship between an aspiring 19 - year - old jazz drummer, Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller), determined to rise to the top of the country's most elite music conservatory, and his tyrannical instructor, Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), renowned for his brutal methods and psychological brinksmanship.

WASHINGTON — The Congress ear ly last week gave final approval to a five - year, $ 492 - billion deficit - reduc tion bill that President Bush has pledged to sign, thus ending six months of bargaining, bickering, and politically charged brinksmanship over efforts to start bringing the federal deficit under control.

At the same time, the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik I (and the technological brinksmanship of the Cold War more generally) created an anxiety that the nation's schools were falling behind.

The bill cleared the state Senate and House by large margins, but only after eleventh - hour brinksmanship that gave anti-abortion forces the assurances they demanded.

It has a huge price tag in terms of budget revenue, however, so it's always the subject of great political wrangling, and sometimes brinksmanship.

There is brinksmanship here, but when I was a bond trader, I could make it happen.

We need realism, not brinksmanship.

In this case, the budget highlights and reinforces what the Obama administration will fight for when real changes in spending are made during brinksmanship budget deals, as early as this fall.

«deplores» (this vehement, albeit personal opinion / characterization of our national organization's actions is included twice by Mr Kucharsky) the fact that CREA bosses have not knuckled under to his demagogic - style brinksmanship and have not jumped to remedy / satisfy / assuage the injustices / humiliations / trauma he perceives his membership suffer under the grievances cited in this article.

Yes, political brinksmanship still exists on major issues such as tax reform and immigration.

Political brinksmanship in Capitol Hill over the «fiscal cliff» may have you feeling nervous about your business and you might be thinking about bailing.

The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machinations, and legal brinksmanship — and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.

In the face of federal debate and brinksmanship over funding for Planned Parenthood, many in New York City have doubled down on support for the women's health care organization.

However, if both sides rely on military escalation and brinksmanship as their main negotiating tactic, the most likely result may be a head - on collision.

Wallonia's brinksmanship has not been negotiators» first brush with an obstructive regional government; in 2014 it was the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador that threatened to derail the negotiation:

Sharif concurred with the belief that the brinksmanship will «resolve itself» before either country can inflict lasting damage.

«This is a game of brinksmanship, and what she has done in that statement is push things past that brink.

The group's open letter frames budget decisions as a moral question for lawmakers and asks them to stop the political brinksmanship.

There does seem to be hypocrisy there, but equivocating the political brinksmanship of a few with the real needs, beliefs and philosophies of a huge swash of America is just intentional obtuseness.

CookFight is the delicious result of their brinksmanship, a chronicle of their skirmishes over the course of twelve months and a look at how two very different people — best friends from wildly divergent backgrounds — approach the kitchen.

After an off - season of brinksmanship, the Seattle quarterback has signed an extension making him the second - highest - paid player in the NFL

Usually, brinksmanship is the basic idea of any industrial action.

Something of a theme emerges when you look at the brinksmanship of the striking NHS staff.

Brinksmanship is what he does best.

Brinksmanship is going to hurt a lot of hardworking, innocent people.»