Sentences with phrase «hold their feet to the fire for»
Noting that Vonage's liability in any litigation may come from «minor» violations of SEC regulations, a writer at Techdirt comments: «Fortunately for the law firm, there's nobody to hold their feet to the fire for such a minor mistake.»
http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/ Not exact matches
«We are doing what journalists throughout said mainstream media are supposed to do: challenge the conventional wisdom, hold politicians» feet to the fire, ask tough questions, report facts that are in many cases inconvenient truths for career politicians, and give a voice to the millions of people worldwide who have had theirs taken away from them by world elites who consider the ordinary person beneath them,» Boyle said, pointing to Breitbart's record July traffic as evidence Americans «hunger for something different.»
If we need to try and buy Rabiot as a replacement, having ~ 30m less to do it isn't ideal since I would expect PSG to hold any PL team's feet to the fire in negotiations for a starter on their squad.
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State GOP Chairman Ed Cox was on hand for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first State of the State address Wednesday and said the Republicans plan to hold the Democratic governor's feet to the fire when it comes to making good on his pledges of fiscal conservatism.
«I'm all for holding the Mayor's feet to the fire because we need better schools for all families.
«Despite criticism from some quarters, I have been firm in my resolve to keep the Mayor's feet to the fire and hold out for a three - person debate that includes all of the Democratic Primary candidates.
But for all the former prime minister's apparent desire to have taken on the retiring SNP leader Alex Salmond's role of holding «Westminster's feet to the fire» over their promises, Brown also showed a statesman - like touch that perhaps the first minister lacks
The only hope for restoring public confidence in the leadership of the Housing Authority is an independent monitor, and I will not relent in holding NYCHA's feet to the fire until one is appointed,» said Public Housing Chair Ritchie Torres.
Mike holds Cole's feet to the fire as Cole lays out character flaw after character flaw for Saoirse Ronan's persona in what is destined to be one of the most overrated films of all time.
Randi Weingarten is a preferred target («Kudos to the Washington Post for holding Randi's feet to the fire,» [February 3, 2010]-RRB-, as is Stanford's Linda Darling - Hammond.
Or, if your publisher is truly dropping the ball, and you need someone to hold their feet to the fire, talk to your agent — they should have a good idea of what can be reasonably asked for, and when, and how to make a request that maintains a good working relationship.
[NB: Plus we still have an activist, Natlata Partners, on the register with a chunky 14.75 % stake — hopefully, they're in for the long haul & will continue to hold management's feet to the fire].
The fire should be held at the feet of the administrators go to http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/boards/results.cfm?bid=2 for the Animal Advisory Commission, go to http://www.austintexas.gov/department/austin-city-council-members to contact your city council members go to http://www.austintexas.gov/email/animalcustomerservice to voice your concerns about the euthanasia of large dogs with behavioral problems when the hiring of a behaviorist has been approved.
Thanks to Tom Yulsman for holding my feet to the fire on this.
As mentioned above, McIntyre claimed that the omission of Anthony Watts name from the NOAA «talking points» memo on relaibility of the U.S. surface temperature record might constitute plagiarism, even though the whole memo was an evaluation of the data found at SurfaceStaions.org, which was acknowledged as the source of the analyzed data (BigCityLib held McIntyre's feet to the fire on that, for instance here and here).
Thus it holds the buyer's feet to the fire to pursue the fulfilling of conditions in good faith knowing that they not only will lose that amount but perhaps also more for damages.