Sentences with phrase «officials talk up»

Last year, Microsoft officials talked up plans to bring the company's core Office apps to the Windows Store (now known as the Microsoft Store).

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The talks between the U.K. and Europe are taking up too much time and the British negotiating side needs to step up the pace, a top EU official told CNBC Saturday.

In talks with Kislyak in December, Kushner floated the possibility of setting up a secure line of communication between the Trump transition team and Russia — and having those talks take place in Russian diplomatic facilities in the US, essentially concealing their interactions from US government scrutiny, The Post wrote, citing US intelligence officials briefed on the matter.

Left to its own devices, the State Department came up with its own talking points to be used by U.S. missions in Africa working to stem the damage, said a U.S. official, who wasn't authorized to disclose internal deliberations and demanded anonymity.

After the tax bill passed, many Trump officials began to talk up the possibility of moving forward on the package.

In his 1994 study on securities lawbreaking for the Justice Department, Schlegel found that while officials were talking tough about locking up insider traders, there was little evidence to suggest that the punishments imposed — either the incarceration rates or the sentences themselves — were more severe.

According to the outlet, Musk has already paired up with former Google executive Greg Wyler, and the two are in talks with officials from Florida and Colorado to build a factory that would develop these smaller, cheaper and lighter satellites.

The crown prince has recently stepped up his role in advancing talks, and has met with presidential adviser Jared Kushner and other US officials to discuss the Arab role in bringing about Middle East peace.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping as officials from the world's two largest economies began trade talks in Beijing, while state media said China would stand up to U.S. bullying.

BEIJING (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping as officials from the world's two largest economies began trade talks in Beijing, while state media said China would stand up to U.S. bullying.

But Kim did not bring up the issue when he met Moon at the border village of Panmunjeom on Friday for the first inter-Korean talks in over a decade, Yonhap News Agency said, quoting officials of the presidential office.

War of words heats up ahead of Brexit talks Officials from the European Union and the United Kingdom are scheduled on 19 June to commence negotiations on the UK's exit from the European Union.

Water rationing began in areas surrounding Malaysia's capital after a prolonged drought, as Selangor state officials sought to wrap up talks to nationalize the local industry.

Canadian officials say the long - term objective here is to create relationships that could prove useful, should trade talks hit a difficult patch and Canada find itself in need of allies willing to speak up in favour of NAFTA.

Eamon Javers reports from Cuba where talks kicked off between U.S. and Cuban officials, aimed at normalizing relations and opening up commerce.

Though current and future region - wide initiatives to boost expenditure are sure to be talked up by officials, in reality their impact on growth is likely to be marginal, in our view, rather than meaningful.

While he was talking about which officials would attend, he noted, «There's an awful lot of people that would like to participate but you just can't do that, once you open it up.

During the Vietnam war, when government officials talked of «regrettable by - products,» they meant civilians killed by mistake; «pacification» meant the forcible evacuation of Vietnamese from their huts, the rounding up of all males, the shooting of those who resisted, the slaughtering of domesticated animals and the burning of dwellings; «incursion» meant another invasion of another country; creating a «sanitized belt» meant forcibly removing all the inhabitants of the area being «sanitized,» cutting down the trees, bulldozing the land and erecting «defensive positions» with machine guns, mortars and mines.

Great, chunk (that's official kitchen talk for big chop) it up and add it.

As talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ramp up, members of Congress continue to urge President Donald Trump and administration officials to remain engaged and ensure a modernized agreement will maintain and add benefits to agricultural industries, including dairy.

I remember the Sacramento announcers talking about the rough treatment we got from the officials in that and the few other games leading up to that Sacramento game.

Officials from the North London club will hold more talks with Schalke as they continue to pursue young midfielder Julian Draxler, with the Gunners keen to sew up a move before the transfer deadline on Friday night.

If your daughter wants to try flag football or ice hockey, for example, help her find a local league or talk to school officials about starting up a new team.

«There was talk about this, about Milstein buying the Bills and building a stadium in Niagara Falls on all this land that he's illegally held onto for ten years because the idiot elected officials up there in Niagara County let him.

Collins talked up an Innate drug with officials at HHS.

«Setting up a meeting, talking to another official, or organizing an event (or agreeing to do so)-- without more — does not fit that definition of official act,» Roberts wrote.

But the governor also shrugged off calls from local elected officials for him to insert himself into the contract talks in an effort to resolve the impasse before the July 20 deadline, saying this is a mess that Congress needs to clean up.

«Setting up a meeting, talking to another official, or organizing an event (or agreeing to do so)-- without more — does not fit that definition of official act,» Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

Fitzpatrick says prosecutors across the state are willing to talk to state officials about programs to help teens caught up in the adult criminal justice system.

«Setting up a meeting, talking to another official, or organizing an event — without more — does not fit that definition of «official act,»» Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in the opinion.

Assembly Housing Committee Chairman Keith Wright summed up the current state of the negotiations in a statement released at around 10:30 on Tuesday night, saying state officials are «getting nowhere fast» with the talks on rent control.

«It's weird to me, a little bit, that officials and writers joke about it good - naturedly, like they're talking nostalgically about an old sitcom: coming up after «Happy Days,» it's «Three Men in a Room,»» he said, to laughter and applause.

City officials said Liu's current campaign isn't liable for his previous debts, but the agency is in talks with Liu's lawyers about paying up.

In a unanimous ruling centered on the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, the justices said that informal actions, like setting up a meeting or talking to someone influential, are not the «official acts» required to prove a bribery conspiracy.

UPPER MANHATTAN — As talks heat up over a developer's plans to build skyscrapers in Washington Heights, officials plan a forum to educate residents on the intricacies of city land use regulations.

In the days leading up to Cuomo's decision, Adam Skelos and lobbyists for Capitol Group — Nick Barrella and Mike Avella — had discussed setting up a meeting with officials at the Department of Environmental Conservation to talk about how to include a provision requiring that water used in the fracking process be reused and recycled — an opportunity for AbTech's filter to be utilized, which would then also benefit Adam Skelos.

«Setting up a meeting, talking to another official, or organizing an event - without more - does not fit that definition of «official act,»» Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote in the opinion.

The recent talks confirm that ESA officials have made up their minds to launch Euclid as an all - European mission, with negligible support from the United States.

Until then, CERN officials will surely continue to issue press releases about «a Higgs boson» — and hope that something else comes up before they have to start talking about «the Higgs boson.»

It's Official... I am Falling for F L O R A L S this Fall ♥ Talk about a tongue twister hehe:p As I slowly begin embracing the fall season, I am switching up my wardrobe and pulling out some of my fall favorites (since that is the best part of season changes... new looks to wear!!)

I've had this system for awhile now, and I talked about it here because I ended up using it for my official engagement photoshoot, one day after having first tried it!

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We all know that OS 10.2.1 is being released just in beta to developers and we can not be talking about any official release date for carriers up to this moment.

What exactly the film is remains a bit of a mystery, despite (or because of) a trailer and an official synopsis that talks of a couple caught up in «a presence that permeates the microscopic world,» but we'll know much more after Upstream Color debuts next week at Sundance.

Cohen Media Group has unveiled an official trailer for Faces, Places, a wonderful documentary starring JR & Agnes Varda, who team up for a road trip around France to photograph and talk with locals in small towns about life and love.

There's a lot we can't talk about until our official review goes up, but we were able to give you a small preview and overall impressions of the final game.

Similar to how Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans both appeared on the ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live last week to unveil the first Captain America: Civil War trailer to the public, Ben Affleck popped up on the same late - night talk show on Wednesday to premiere the second official trailer for DC's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

If state education officials aren't knocking on your door to keep you informed, research Race to the Top guidelines, and find out what your state is up to by talking to state board of education members or the state superintendent's office.

Since Pavlov and teacher union officials rarely talk, let alone have anything resembling a productive relationship, any misunderstanding — if one exists — isn't patched up.

GM officials shy away from talking about its eight - and ten - speed automatic transmission programs, but we wouldn't be surprised if development timetables for either transmission didn't line up with that of the new Silverado.