Sentences with phrase «of closing the door for»

In the case of the Edwards Aquifer in Texas, he says, «where you have the actual historical stream records, that kind of closes the door for me.»

So, in honor of closing the door for what I expect was the last time (praying our closing happens in the next couple of weeks!)

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Kim Jong Un also became the first North Korean leader to ever cross over to South Korean soil before meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae - In for a number of closed - door meetings.

It should go without saying that McConnell (and the cabal of 13 Republican senators, who crafted the proposal behind closed doors for weeks) knew full well the red lines that both groups said they wouldn't cross.

As none of the parties were able to achieve an absolute majority at the elections, the selection for the speakers could provide some clues as to what discussions have been going on behind closed doors.

As traffic at Nike's key wholesale partners continues to slow (hundreds of department stores and specialty sports retailers are closing their doors, resulting in less square footage for Nike products), it is working to boost its direct - to - consumer channels.

She has her finger on the pulse of what's going on behind closed doors at the country's biggest corporations and calls herself «the female James Bond for innovation.»

Turn off your distractions, close your door and focus for a set period of time.

After all, for every door you go through, you're closing the door on part of your past, so each new door should open multiple options.

A Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that a challenge to the state's 145 - year - old ban on prostitution may proceed, saying a 2003 Supreme Court ruling opened the door for closer scrutiny of the law.

A one - two punch of Ohio, home to 18 electoral votes, and Pennsylvania closes most doors to the required 270 electoral votes for Trump.

Hillary Clinton took nearly every precaution to ensure voters would never know what she told investment bankers, lobbyists and corporate executives in dozens of closed - door paid speeches before running for president.

At the end of an interview, Lieutenant Columbo closes his notebook, makes small talk and heads for the door.

Sensors installed around the home monitor motion (tracking, for example, if the resident appears to be wandering or fails to rise from a chair or bed and how often doors open and close); check room temperature; and allow remote reporting of blood pressure, pulse, weight, and other health indicators.

The maker of the world's first flavored lip balm is closing its doors for good, but sweet, sweet Lip Smackers will live on.

In a day of closed - door meetings with NATO foreign ministers, Pompeo appeared to charm European allies with tough talk on Russia and a more sure - footed approach than his predecessor Rex Tillerson, but he still carried Trump's familiar demand for higher defense spending.

The bold thinkers at the core of these companies are able to work as they see fit — they can stand for phone calls, sprawl out on a couch to decompress, hold meetings outside or close all the doors for focused work when they're really motivated by a new idea.

IF THE pungent aroma of garlic wasn't wafting around the corner of Rokeby Road and Hay Street as it has done for 30 years, it would be an unlikely but sure sign that the Witches» Cauldron had closed its very popular doors.

The provisions of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code allow businesses to find ways to reduce their debt and restructure their operations without having to be shut down and liquidated to satisfy debts — instead of closing their doors, businesses can stay open, pay their employees, and take in revenue while developing a budget and a repayment plan for creditors (subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court).

In preparation for the Fall Update, the Minister of Finance recently met behind closed doors with 14 private sector economists to discuss the future of the Canadian economy.

Top secret meetings — behind - closed doors — have already been held, with more of the same planned for the future.

Possibilities for reforming the distribution of H - 1B visas, which are used largely by the tech industry, were discussed at a meeting last month with chief executives of tech companies at Trump Tower, said two sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to talk about the closed - door talks.

Then of course Adair Turner, Debt and Devil, and Summers remedies for Secular Stagnation close the door on the no - option declinist memes.

In a 15 - minute, closed - door meeting in Shanghai that included Alibaba Group CEO Jonathan Lu, COO Daniel Zhang, and British Ambassador to China Sebastian Wood, Cameron and Ma were said to have discussed ways to raise the profiles of British brands and small businesses with Chinese consumers, as well as strategies for increasing bilateral trade and investment in the U.K.

Most of the reason for this is that the question of whether a thing is or is not a security is a highly fact - dependent and, sitting from my perch on the East Coast and not in the offices of the issuers of these coins, I am in a very bad position to ascertain what is going on behind a company's closed doors, what's in their private correspondence and what intentions lay behind their issuances.

Pruitt's former security chief, whose time with Pruitt saw the EPA administrator provided with round - the - clock security and first - class flights in the name of security, appeared for an hourslong closed - door interview Wednesday with staff on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

In 1986, a Democratic Congress passed and the Republican president signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which attempted to close the back door of illegal immigration by, among other measures, imposing sanctions on employers for hiring unauthorized aliens.

Anything along the lines of a phrase like «when God closes a door, He opens a window,» may be intended for encouragement, but I would suggest that it lacks the depth people actually need in those desperate moments when everything feels like a setback.

In Illinois, Catholic Charities announced at the end of December that it would be closing its doors after the State of Illinois required that children be given up for adoption to same - sex couples.

After closed - door conversations with the White House going back to November, the cardinal - in - waiting challenged the White House over an insurance mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that forced religious institutions, except for houses of worship, to provide insurance plans that included coverage for contraceptives.

What is never speculated about is what might have been said behind closed doors: you never, for instance, hear the story of Saint Josemaria entering Franco's office and announcing that he has come to talk to the Generalissimo about he will say to God on the day of judgment.

If you're arguing for the sake of changing another person's mind, it's going to put you on the offensive and will most likely close doors rather than opening them.

You know they're calling you a heretic behind closed doors and in public they've put on their smile and explained that David is not longer with us because of personal reasons and pleas be in prayer for him... SPLAT!!!

Following the Lord's instruction in Matthew 6:6 — «When you pray, go into your room, close the door... Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you» — Clara reveals she has created her own private «war room» — a transformed closet, with prayers and scriptural references posted all over the walls — where she has spent many hours, invoking the name of Jesus and asking for His guidance and support.

Suddenly, on the day after visiting the Truchessian Gallery of pictures, I was again enlightened with the light I enjoyed in my youth, and which has for exactly twenty years been closed from me as by a door and by windowshutters....

During the hour long meeting behind closed doors which was described as «cordial and clear», Justin Welby expressed gratitude for the government's efforts to protect the freedom of Christians in Israel.

He did not quite close the door on intercommunion for Protestant spouses of Catholics in a Q&A with Roman Lutherans.

Daniel Schuman, policy director of Demand Progress, told HuffPost: «With today's action — taken behind closed doors and with no opportunity for public debate — the House now rolls back the clock to an era of corruption and decay.

According to House aides, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan spoke out against the measure along with Kevin McCarthy of California, however, the vote was behind closed doors so there is no public record of who voted for and against it.

The closed door symbolizes the «obstinately shut mind»; the weeds represent «the cumber of daily neglect»; the orchard signifies «the garden of delectable fruit for the dainty feast of the soul»; a bat flitting about is «a natural symbol of ignorance»; the lamp alludes to Psalm 119: «Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.»

«This is why the door stays closed for so many of us, literally and figuratively.

In the process, the institutional supports for Catholic intellectual life have themselves been eroded; colleges have been closing their doors, and most of those that survive face an uncertain future.

There were nearly 60 people present at the closed - door meeting, said Pat Chivers, communications director for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Uttering hushed prayers in subways as the doors close in, softly crying out for rescue on long desolate Central Park walks in the dead of winter.

In the seventh century, when the Nestorian Patriarch Isho - Yahb III (650 - 660) wrote to Simemon, the Metropolitan of Riwardashir, admonishing him for «closing the door of the episcopal ordination in the face of the many peoples of India», he speaks of India as a country «that extends from the borders of the Persian Empire, to the country which is called Kalah, which is a distance of one thousand and two hundred parasangas.»

A leering old villain in a frock, who spent decades conspiring behind closed doors for the position he now holds; a man who believes he is infallible and acts the part; a man whose preaching of scientific falsehood is responsible for the deaths of countless AIDS victims in Africa; a man whose first instinct when his priests are caught with their pants down is to cover up the scandal and damn the young victims to silence: in short, exactly the right man for the job.

The body of the risen Lord may not have been wholly identical with the pre-crucifixion body, for it could appear and disappear, and pass through closed doors.

For whatever reason, the six - year venture of the Women's Bioethics Project has come to an end with a recent announcement that they are closing their doors.

Many of them still find doors closed when they return to their home denominations for ordination or for leadership positions in churches.

Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam You'll appreciate my wisdom someday when you're older and you're grown Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate Use your fork, do not burp or I'll set you straight Eat the food I put upon your plate Get an A, get the door, don't get smart with me Get a grip, get in here, I'll count to three Get a job, get a life, get a PHD Get a dose of, «I don't care who started it!