Sentences with phrase «holding tough talks»

Th head of the nation's second - largest supermarket said consumers are having to make tough choices under constrained budgets and Coles will continue investing in price while holding tough talks with local and international suppliers.

Not exact matches

Milwaukee's sheriff is adored by many on the right for his unapologetic tough talking, while he is loathed by others for making wild statements believed to be below the dignity of the office he holds.

If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 - year oil sands project is a lot of risk for less than a 10 % rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.

If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 year oil sands project is a lot of risk for less than a 10 per cent rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.

A small, full - lipped beauty, his mother had the curves to stop traffic, and at 5 ′ 2, somehow held physical dominance over him, sometimes smacking him in front of his friends when he talked tough.

Pennsylvania Republicans picked a tough - talking state senator and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump to be their party's nominees for governor and U.S. Senate, as a big splash in U.S. House primaries made it more likely that women will break the all - male hold on Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)- Pennsylvania Republicans picked a tough - talking state senator and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump to be their party's nominees for governor and U.S. Senate, as a big splash in U.S. House primaries made it more likely that women will break the all - male hold on Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.

Also behind the camera, normally leading men Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey hold unadvertised but significant supporting roles; Cruise plays tough - talking, foul - mouthed, hairy - armed studio head Les Grossman, and McConaughey is Speedman's agent, a confident and unstressed overgrown boy.

I'd vastly prefer that Duncan spent less time talking tough and more time showing some steel when it counts (for Race to the Top aficionados, it might be time to worry about what this means when it comes to holding RTT winners to their grand promises.)

They need then re-entry routines so that they can make a second attempt to talk about the tough subject, this time staying calm so that they can hold onto their bset communication skills.