Sentences with phrase «sticky wicket»

When he accepted the job at the Business Alliance last year — a move that surprised no one, and had been in the works for some time, providing a bit of sticky wicket for the Cuomo administration — Duffy said he would not be registering as a lobbyist and would delegate tasks relating to Albany as necessary.

The distinction between local and national expense can lead to a rather sticky wicket for the Electoral Commission to play on.

As the Brits say, this is a very sticky wicket indeed.

You're sure to enjoy crafting your own beer at home with the Mr. Beer Sticky Wicket Oatmeal Stout Recipe.

Late Tuesday, Cuomo complied, and the Senate immediately set to work passing what was available, which did NOT include a revenue bill, that would also contain all the currently open and sticky wicket issues — once they closed.

The letter comes as lawmakers are working to hammer out an agreement on bringing ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to upstate New York, but the details over the insurance has becoming an increasing sticky wicket.

But casting Reeves's death into suspicion is a far stickier wicket: Even with the introduction of a woefully - underwritten fictional gumshoe (Adrien Brody) with his own crew - cut, wayward boy, and ice queen ex (Molly Parker) to match, the suggestion that someone in the portly statue's coterie (including his wife - of - a-studio-bigwig-mistress, played by the ageless Diane Lane) might have had a motive for slaying him is given a quick spin and then stabled without a whimper.

Jim Gaylord: Sticky Wicket at Pavel Zoubok Gallery — 531 West 26th Street, New York, NY [phone] — January 11 to February 24

Assuming that natural variation is responsible for CET trend patterns between 1659 and 1880, assigning causation to the post-1880 CET trend patterns is the next sticky wicket.

He didn't mention separating church and politics, but everybody knows it's a sticky wicket.

This is the sticky wicket that NBA referees will be facing this season as the league steps up its attempt to quell on - court violence.

«Now he finds himself in a sticky wicket that he's going to take a long time extricating himself from.»

But today, Benfica are on a sticky wicket - both in Portugal and outside...

With Empoli in the thick of a relegation fight, prying Saponara away from the Azzurri might be a sticky wicket.

Brought back into government by Theresa May, he skilfully batted away the scores of Opposition amendments on what was inevitably a sticky wicket, including intervening swiftly with his was - it - or - wasn't - it concession to reduce the number of Tory rebels on a second Brexit vote from up to 20 MPs to just seven.

However, it's premature to call the budget a done deal, as there is no revenue bill, and when there is one, it will include all the sticky wicket items — like education spending, raise the age and the 421 - a tax abatement program.

There's also another resolution, which I have yet to see, that expresses support for the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has been a sticky wicket for Cuomo.

The mosque was a sticky wicket for Weiner, who was unusually reserved about the topic — perhaps due to the fact that his wife, Huma Abedin, is Muslim.

The Rev. Jacques DeGraff of 100 Black Men Inc., and Associated General Contractors of New York State President and CEO Mike Elmendorf — an unusual duo that has teamed up specifically to try to get movement on this sticky wicket of an issue — were in the studio to discuss their hopes for a post-budget deal.

The Times sketchwriter Patrick Kidd went with a cricket theme: «May on a sticky wicket but she's had some pretty loose bowling from Corbyn.»

There's still plenty to disagree on: Criminal justice reforms being pushed for in the wake of the Eric Garner case remain a sticky wicket for state lawmakers and Cuomo, as does expiring measures such as rent control and mayoral control of New York City schools.

Assemblyman Keith Wright, a Democrat from Harlem who chairs his chamber's housing committee, said a straight extender of 421 - a was «unacceptable» and described the situation as a «sticky wicket.»

But if you're looking at that cast list and spotting a problem, then congratulations, you saw the sticky wicket that Wes Anderson did not (which is kind of amazing as he has been in this culturally sensitive area before with The Darjeeling Limited).

Small hatches have found themselves on a bit of a sticky wicket of late.

Because the rendering engines aren't going to drop support, you don't have to worry that the features you've used are suddenly going to go belly up in reading systems, but the sticky wicket is going to be epubcheck and vendors.

Allen M. Schoen, D.V.M., M.S. - «As far as prevention goes, this is a sticky wicket.

However, the sticky wicket comes from the release of supposed screenshots roughly a year before Wind Waker was really announced that showed what Link and Ganondorf could look like on the GameCube.

Anyway, if you want to try that, be very careful and you might want to run that by the judge or clerk and get prior approval first because the unlicensed practice of law has the potential to be a sticky wicket.

Of interest in that document are a few articles which stipulate time - lines to be followed in choosing a new president, which is a bit of a sticky wicket, simply put most doubt that the timelines stipulated could be met coming out of the events of the past few weeks.

This wouldn't happen in Victoria, where cricket bats are definitely de rigure — we even have a pub downtown called the Sticky Wicket!

It's a sticky wicket.

That's a sticky wicket, to say the least: Zuckerberg himself seems open to the idea, while The Washington Post's former publisher Donald Graham makes some strong points against it (imagine President Trump dictating what's allowed on your news feed).

Again, that's a sticky wicket for users, who may form their own opinions about how it should work.

Music rights are a sticky wicket.

(Sticky Wicket) I'm so glad you appreciated the post and took the time to check in.

Do you think this could be considered a sticky wicket?

Sticky wicket.

So true... For the DIY landlord take a look at your receipt pile from the turnarounds... Quite a stack... All the little odds and ends and sticky wickets to fix, and then you clean and paint.

For me, this is something of a sticky wicket: Both salespeople have made statements regarding the home's condition after eyeballing the property.