Why would the
smartest man in the room assume this type of mortality and longevity risk with of all things, variable annuities?
But most important to the feeling of unfinished business is the cloud that hangs over the
third man in the room.
Two decades of late budgets and decision making by
three men in a room on key issues led to voter anger and the defeat of several legislative incumbents.
He doesn't even have to be standing next to someone taller for us to notice that he's not exactly the
tallest man in the room.
At its core, Saw works best as two
men in a room set opposed to each other, their moral codes the only thing that keeps them from destroying each other.
Three
men in a room used to control this state, 2 of them got caught last year, who is left?
It's been known as three
men in a room because the governor and two majority party legislative leaders hash out details in private in the governor's office.
This month, during the mayor's most recent visit to Albany, with the always - last - minute budget negotiations finally beginning to percolate, Mr. de Blasio did not meet with the governor or the Senate majority leader, John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, two of the so - called three
men in a room who decide the state budget in closed - door meetings.
It's unclear how the current stalemate will end but whatever happens, there will most likely continue to be three
men in a room making decisions in Albany.
None of King Cuomo's numbers ever add up,... If he just quit pizzin» away billions on sellin» himself as President, there'll be plenty of money to pay what the State shoulda been payin» from the get go,... This is exactly like the thousands of State Mandates that county, «n local governments end up payin» for,... The Problem here is King Cuomo, «n the 3
men in a room budget process,... Put the budget out in the daylight,....
Everyone knows Wenger is the smartest
man in the room at the post-match pressers but the problem with his stock responses is he might be saying just enough to fend off reporters but it really doesn't inspire confidence.
But it's not a ridiculous claim; Albany's reputation for self - interested politics is long - standing and well - earned, and Cuomo's role as the third
man in the room with Silver and Skelos for four deal - filled years speaks for itself.
Bharara also did not mention Cuomo, the last of the three
men in a room left standing since the convictions of former leaders Silver and Skelos, although he recently issued a statement saying he had not found any evidence of criminality in a probe related to Cuomo's office.
Like the excitement I felt when planning to reconnect with someone who had been lost to me for more than four years, or the initial flutters in my tummy when the best looking
man in the room pulled up a chair next to me and said, «How you doin»?»
«With the apparent changes in requirements on who is able to attend the three / four
men in a room negotiations, we would hope that all Conference Leaders of both houses are included.»
As Don Hiltz walked into the clubhouse of the Naperville Sportsman's Club Sunday afternoon, the 20
men in the room turned to welcome the 50 - year member.
On the page, it's lots of old
white men in rooms talking to each other, so the challenge for me was to see if I could create an inherently cinematic piece that starts off quite light and funny and then becomes something like a political thriller», Wright had said in an interview with The Independent.
Many, including federal prosecutor Preet Bharara, blamed the three
men in a room system for permitting corruption.
«As we discuss ways to clean up Albany and reform state government, a perfect place to start is the much maligned three / four
men in a room budgetary process,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement.
(There's been a
fourth man in the room of late given the addition of IDC Leader Jeff Klein along with the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader.)
The third
man in the room said that he would go quietly with them - then punched both of the police and told me to run.
She had irked some critics in May when she commented during a conference, «There can be 12 white, blue - eyed,
blonde men in a room and they're going to be diverse too because they're going to bring a different life experience and life perspective to the conversation.»
Rather, you have chosen to elect a president who is the least
qualified man in any room he walks into and who wants to take from those who create wealth and give to the «needy.»
After reading up about co-sleeping (James McKenna's papers are very helpful) I can see that having my
little man in the room is a good thing for him, but I've also noticed that I didn't get the problems with very engorged painful breasts which if he wasn't in our room and feeding more often I might have.
Klein is one of the four
men in the room negotiating the budget agreement alongside Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
In 2004, it took the three
men in a room until August, 133 days past the deadline to reach an agreement; that's 19 weeks, over a third of the year.
``... As long as you have three
men in a room playing games in secret, you're going to have the same problems we've had in the past.
Also, since the budget is the place where a lot of substantive legislation finds a home, the four
men in the room killed a lot of good stuff like that excellent idea which would have allowed victims of sexual predators a so - called «look back» to sue and hold predators legally accountable.
«As elected representatives, rank and file legislators should represent their constituents and the will of the people who have given us this honor of public service and not cede total power and absolute control of our state's destiny into the hands of a
few men in a room,» said Tedisco.
Bharara told The Buffalo News in a subequent interview that he keeps the book «
Thee Men in a Room» by former Sen. Seymour Lachman on his desk and has met with the ex-Democratic lawmaker to discuss the frustrations he experienced while serving in Albany.