Sentences with phrase «speak off the record»

(One industry insider, speaking off the record, dismisses such assurances as «nonsense,» noting it's only monolines that are compelled to secure federal mortgage insurance.)
Football Clubs, agents, managers and players themselves have always spoken off the record to certain journalists to try and get what they want.
He prefers to speak off the record and is not typically quoted in news articles.
The Times printed an article about the phone call (Cuomo belatedly claimed he'd been speaking off the record), but even that public exposure has done little to quiet the storm.
Most keen political watchers in Westchester thought Mayer would win, including a few Republicans who, speaking off the record, would comment on how Shelley was one of a few Democrats they could work with.
Now the Hollywood Reporter has gleaned further behind the scenes details from sources willing to speak off the record.
Speaking off the record, as has become the norm when Amazon is involved, one senior figure said: «Everyone is talking about reaching a horrible place on terms, and I think there's increased frustration from publishers concerning data and their listing of multiple editions, often flouting territoriality.
Here are senior figures in publishing «speaking off the record, as has become the norm when Amazon is involved.»
The publisher, inevitably speaking off the record as is the norm when it comes to Amazon, continued: «James must be talking to a slightly different bit of Amazon than the one I normally talk to.
Speaking off the record, one executive at a leading global games publisher pointed out a logical maxim: only the popular payment systems survive.
Speaking off the record, two full - time undergraduate professors said they felt «coerced» by the administration into coming up with proposals to charge students tuition.
McKibben goes on to report that «among scientists speaking off the record, disgusted candor is the rule.»
To emphasize this, lawyers speaking off the record may also want to confirm with the reporter that they can not use what the lawyer says at all unless the lawyer later changes the ground rules.
One might guess that the basis of the reporting was someone in law enforcement speaking off the record, but the press generally doesn't name their confidential sources, so we don't know.
I was pretty surprised at how forthcoming the insurance agent I spoke to was, even if he did speak off the record.

Not exact matches

Many professors who've advocated for greater inclusiveness at Moody would only speak to me off - the - record for fear of losing their jobs.
Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste
At least part of the thinking behind their record - breaking move for Gareth Bale was commercially - minded, and the Welshman has since proven to be an asset on and off the field, especially when it comes to making strides in English - speaking territories, such is the cynical nature of the modern game.
I made thousands of mix tapes, mostly taped off the radio and pressing record a fraction too early so you got the dj speaking by mistake!
• The government official (who spoke to me off the record) who publicly and vociferously advocates for vaccines and has published peer - reviewed scholarly articles about the benefits of childhood vaccination but who privately chose not to vaccinate his youngest child.
Speaking to a journalist is public comment even where it is agreed that the statements are «off the record».
Speaking to various operatives involved in the race — usually off - the - record or on - background — three central arguments emerged: Mr. Weiner would hurt Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Chris Quinn or, possibly, no candidate at all.
«Anyone and everyone who knows me would readily and unquestionably testify that I am and have always been a man of impeccable integrity on and off the Courts and that such a record speaks always loudly for itself.
Ten days after the election, Spitzer spoke to the Times off the record — the paper quoted «one person with knowledge of the governor's thinking» — to the effect that the governor - elect «will almost certainly» seek Hevesi's removal from office.
Sometimes its a little faster to talk off the record as you know,» Mr. Cuomo, speaking at an Albany press conference on end - of - session legislative deals, said.
USA Track & Field hammer thrower Amanda Bingson spoke with reporter Morty Ain about taking it all off for the Body Issue, her American record in the hammer throw and what she'll do if she wins gold in 2016.
Set a week after Dallas, once the state funeral had concluded and Jackie was secluded in Hyannis Port, Mrs. Kennedy speaks frankly, albeit occasionally off the record, about her time as first lady.
Writing / Speaking: Students are given an example dialogue, then create one based off of it to record.
Speaking on the public television show «Off the Record,» MEA President Steven Cook said the MEA paid $ 25,000 toward a recall effort against House Education Committee Chairman Paul Scott, R - Grand Blanc, because polling showed voters in Scott's district are upset over the elimination of a pension tax deduction and public school funding levels, the Lansing State Journal reported.
As I reflect on all I learned from Californians who were willing to speak with me both on and off the record, there were common themes that emerged.
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While my booth is large enough for 2 people in it at once, we recorded the way we did for 2 reasons: 1) We only had the 1 microphone, and I didn't want each person to speak off - mic.
It is a bit easier now that I record the video and audio separately, not having to speak off the top of my head while interacting with the device, but I still managed to screw up a couple things.
On March 6, Shanna Merola (Photography» 11) will speak at a lecture called, «Off the Record
Speaking of Chinese track records: Gwynt - y - Mor — North Wales off - shore — some geniuses @ Fluor (a risk sharing partner in the project) decided Chinese monoplies were the way forward — didn't do proper QA in China and 100 + monoplies had to be sent back — lawyers are still making money on that one.
Off the record, some of the executives would confide that recycling didn't make economic sense to them, but they weren't about to speak out against their profits — or hurt their reputations by opposing anything as popular as recycling.
I spoke today to a Gold Coast City Council engineer who is involved in SL monitoring and he asked me to request an official report but said off the record that it was a «pussycat».
One witness Officer called to testified in my trail also spoke highly of Michael's reputation, off the record during trial recess of course.
Escamilla and I spoke both on and off the record.
The reporter may be reluctant to do anything off the record, but if that's the only way you're comfortable speaking to them, insist on going «off the record
No joke, they said «Man, speaking completely off the record here, I honestly feel really bad for all you guys who buy this.
«I'm not going to burn somebody I spoke to off the record,» Stone said.
By simply saying «Alexa, announce that...» and speaking your announcement, all of your Echo devices will give off a chime followed by a playback of your recorded announcement.
Yup, ace your presentation and you get to experience all the techie goodness that Disrupt has to offer (for free): titans of tech speaking from the main stage, Startup Battlefield, Startup Alley, Off the Record sessions, serious networking and the best after - parties anywhere.
Speaking of deep dives, you won't want to miss our newest addition to the Disrupt experience: Off the Record sessions.
The people who spoke to Business Insider, both on and off the record, declined to name the exchanges charging high fees for fear of falling foul of them.
Do most of the companies that you work with always retest the people who do the test, because I know when I spoke with one of the graduate recordings off recording he did say that they did assume that lots of people cheat so they do chuck in a retest on the assessment centre day when people come in just to make sure that haven't been getting their mates doing maths at University to do their online test for them.
One of the graduate recruitment managers I've spoken to in the podcast, I won't mention which one, he did mention, off - recording, that they expect people to cheat, and as a result, they put in a test they announced when you got to the assessment centre, just like I did, because they expect that people get help.
We don't know if Judge Haas was speaking extemporaneously on the record or if these 197 words above were purely «off the cuff».
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