Lawmakers had more trouble
getting agreements on ethics reforms, in a year that's seen the two former legislative leaders sentenced to prison and state and federal probes of Governor Cuomo's economic development programs.
Create, share, discuss and
get agreement on a few simple Operating Principles that articulate shared expectations for how you want your participants to show up and contribute to the conversation.
That is, Pyongyang will «launch a lengthy, complicated negotiation to
get agreement on actions each party must take, and use this process to buy time for the development of the North's nuclear weapons program.»
With representation that spans the political spectrum, from liberal states to conservative ones,
getting agreement on a best interest standard for annuity sales was always going to be tough for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Immigration policy at this point in history, it seems to me, is a classic case in which not only will the insistence on the best defeat the better, but in which it is very difficult to
get agreement on what might be better.
The government is keen to
get an agreement on a partly elected and partly appointed House of Lords, Jack Straw says.
Get agreement on the goals and final product internally before you go shopping.
Trying to lump all these entities together to form a general conclusion about tax rate comparisons is task that even the CBO and the JCOT can't
get agreement on.
The government will then try again to
get agreement on a motion setting out a timetable for the bill's committee stage.
Schaffer said that while he'd work to avoid a primary by
getting an agreement on one candidate, he added that «based on the number of candidates, that's unlikely.»
The bill has been modified to try to quell concerns in the Assembly Democratic conference that prevented the measure from passing last year despite efforts by a former WNY Democratic senator, Bill Stachowski, to hold up a budget deal in hopes of
getting an agreement on what morphed into a SUNY - wide proposal.
«Everything has stalled — because if you can't
get an agreement on something this simple, then nobody has been willing to look at the long term,» said Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, D - Queens, chair of the Social Services Committee «It really is a failure of state government.»
He noted, however, that Brown had failed to
get an agreement on fiscal stimuli - once his biggest hope for the summit.
As one MSP leader pointed out, «You can't always
get agreement on what constitutes good instruction ahead of time.
But
getting agreement on the double challenge of coming up with a more multidimensional system of accountability, and along with it a way to display school and district performance that is easy to understand, is proving to be a challenging undertaking, to say the least.
«The devil is in the details (and) part of the devil is
getting agreement on which measures» to use, Christie said.
If the doomsday scenarios were really believed, there would not be such a problem
getting an agreement on CO2 emissions reductions.
The forum, organized to build pressure on rich countries just weeks ahead of treaty talks in Copenhagen, is yet another strong indication that the biggest barrier to
getting agreement on a new climate accord next month is the stark disagreement over the scale of what amounts to a climate debt.
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Getting agreement on the windows for example took about six months of going back and forth with different possible windows, and there were a number of objections, such as the thickness of the midrail, the drip details, etc..
heck you cant even
get agreement on what consititutes a subsidy for the fossil fuel industry or how to end them.
The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you can not
get agreement on the way ahead.
What's more difficult is to
get agreement on the slow - burning long - term issues, the ones we're talking about, where we can see problems down the line, but actually not in his lifetime or mine probably, you know, not the real bad crash.
The problem with folks
getting agreement on the answers to those two questions is agreeing on the «to what extent» part and what one considers «harmful».
I travel in very politically (US style) conservative circles, and the topic of GHG's and influencing climate is very simple to approach and even
get agreement on.
Get any agreement on your working hours confirmed in writing, know if and when they will be reviewed, and be prepared to discuss them at those times.
You can't
get agreement on it.
Break the area of disagreement into individual components and
get agreement on one piece at a time
Final chapter summarizing the CMA and
getting agreement on price.
Not exact matches
U.S. equity index futures
got some reprieve overnight after President Donald Trump postponed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs
on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and reached
agreements for permanent exemptions for Argentina, Australia and Brazil.
The label, management, publisher, attorneys, distributors and, possibly, many others all
get a percentage based
on whatever
agreements were made with the artist at various stages of their career.
«We need to
get some kind of clarity
on whether the U.K. is going to stay in the open skies (
agreement).
Real relationships can't be about something that exists for our own benefit or
getting a return
on an
agreement to work together in any capacity, be it a mentorship or a contractual
agreement.
«By
getting active in communities, we can raise our voices to defend policies and regulations that will protect wild places and wildlife, reduce carbon emissions, build a modern energy economy based
on investment in renewables, and, most crucially, ensure the United States remains fully committed to the vital goals set forth in the Paris
Agreement on climate change.»
Morneau's comments came after he met with private sector economists in Toronto to
get their input
on everything from the North American Free Trade
Agreement to global economic uncertainty ahead of the federal budget
on Feb. 27.
But now the company is
getting contracts
on the international side for those systems, he says, pointing to a recent $ 10 - billion
agreement to sell armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.
He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this
agreement is that you've
got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push
on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»
It appears that Las Vegas oddsmakers are not in total
agreement with movie experts, as the online gambling site Bovada actually has Three Billboards (20/23) as the odds -
on bet to win the Best Picture race over the likes of The Shape of Water (7/5),
Get Out (11/2), and Lady Bird (14/1).
Because everyone wants to
get to a deal, bad and ultimately unworkable
agreements get made
on a frighteningly frequent basis.
The Canadian government is actively working
on a free trade
agreement with India, which business should
get behind — it's not just about market access, it's an attention getter.
U.S. equity index futures
got a bump overnight after President Donald Trump postponed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs
on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and reached
agreements for permanent...
U.S. equity index futures
got some reprieve overnight after President Donald Trump postponed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs
on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and reached
agreements for permanent exemptions for...
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Ultimately, having aligned values means that you, as an employer, and your employees are in general
agreement on what you both stand for, where you are heading, and how you will
get there.
On the 147th page of
Getting to Yes: Negotiating
Agreement Without Giving In, at the start of the «In Conclusion» section, the following sentence appears: «There is probably nothing in this book which you did not already know at some level of your experience.»
Cassidy added that he thought the Paris
agreement allowed for too many countries to renege
on their word but that if such things were fixed, more Republicans would
get on board.
At the outset, «nobody is planning
on retiring,
getting disabled, or
getting divorced, so the
agreement is more likely to be fair and impartial,» says Karp.
Since running a franchise involves an ongoing relationship with the franchisor, be sure to
get the details
on the purchasing process — everything that happened from the day the franchisee signed the
agreement to the end of the first year in business.
«We've
got this RCEP
agreement with Southeast Asia, which up until now has been
on a bit of a slow burn, but we might find the political will for that to pick up if TPP isn't going to proceed,» English said.
But based
on appointments of ideological hardliners such as Tom Price (a staunch foe of Obamacare nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services), Michael Flynn (Trump's national security adviser with a dim view of Islam) and Mike Pompeo (the incoming CIA Director who has fiercely opposed the Iran nuclear
agreement) and many of his campaign pledges, the chances are high that Trump could squander his limited political capital
on divisive ideological issues and neglect his most important priority —
getting the American economy out of its low - growth rut.
«We want to
get rid of it,» Brady, a Republican, told reporters outside his office, adding that this could «possibly» be part of an
agreement lawmakers are seeking to avoid a government shutdown
on Jan. 19.