Sentences with phrase «kiboshed by»

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I mean it's nice but by the 25th we usually put a kibosh on the fourth side dish.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo put the kibosh on the Senate Democrats» proposed property tax cap circuit breaker, which has also been endorsed by a number of taxpayer advocacy groups.

They went further downhill when Miner put the kibosh on plans developed secretly by Cuomo and Mahoney for a new Syracuse University sports arena in the city.

The comptroller also rather surprisingly put the kibosh on the push by his former colleagues in the Assembly Democratic conference to bring back member items.

Of course, the twin David Johnson domestic violence and Yankees tickets scandals — investigated by former Chief Judge Judith Kaye at Cuomo's request — put the kibosh on that plan, and now the governor might be facing criminal perjury charges to boot.

It was an abrupt kibosh on negotiations that concluded Friday with a framework for a legislative package that was said by sources to have included public financing of judicial campaigns, new Cuomo - appointed inspectors general at public universities as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The White House denied that the president would meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, today in Vietnam, putting the kibosh on plans previously confirmed by the Kremlin.

I deepened my connection to my own inner spirit by putting the kibosh on my social media feedback obsession.

Marty and «The Rainmaker» work together to put the kibosh on their firm's acquisition by MetroCapital but a back - stabbing turn of events leaves Marty and «The Rainmaker» mortal enemies instead of valued allies; in the aftermath of the news about April, Marty must deal with attitude from Roscoe.

Written by Ted Griffin way back in 2002, it nearly became a sequel to 1995's Se7en but director David Fincher apparently put the kibosh on that idea.

The other model — putting the school under the CommPACT schools initiative controlled by the Nutmeg State's NEA and AFT affiliates — would kibosh Parent Power by eliminating the school governance council already in place; it would be no better than being under the Commissioner's Network.

Parent Power activists such as the Connecticut Parents Union are already gearing up for a fight with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association over expanding the reach of the state's Parent Trigger law; the fight is particularly tinged by revelations earlier this year of the AFT's presentation on how it unsuccessfully attempted to kibosh the passage of the Parent Power law and how it exacted revenge by ousting Jason Bartlett, the legislator who led the passage of the law and the neutralizing of his former colleague, Gary Holder - Winfield.

Yesterday, Barnes & Noble put the final kibosh on the future of the NOOK by giving customers a week to salvage their purchase content.

Budget 2013 proposes to put a kibosh on what it calls «character conversion transactions» such as the ones employed by Advantaged ETFs.

[* Better to ignore the Brexiteers» attempts to kibosh this, and don't believe the bloody polls — everybody who lies (as they do) or changes their mind, is bound to vote Remain in the end, as we see reflected in the odds quoted by the bookies (who invariably tend to beat the pollsters).

Ordinarily, I'd steer clear of any workshop that promised a role - playing activity, but I'd pay good money to see TWS Executive Director / CEO Michael Hutchins (who, just last week, put the kibosh on comments by non-members, complaining that «the TWS blog site has been recently targeted by feral cat and horse activists») play the role of colony caregiver.

Mind you as I recall in 1905, our All Blacks were a little bit put off by those damn Welsh singers singing that there «Dear Land of My Fathers» thing; kind of put the kibosh on the Maori Haka; and sort of wrecked the Kiwi composure; so maybe on the day; those Welsh chaps really played the better game, and maybe deserved the win; but old Charlie really did score that try; I even remember watching the TV reruns of the game.