Sentences with phrase «taken off the table»

«I wanted to take it off the table,» he says.

So again he decided to «take it off the table.»

McConnell has said doing so is impossible without the support of Democrats, most of whom have already taken it off the table.

A San Francisco jury trial on the matter had been set to start in June, but that could be taken off the table if the judge presiding over the case approves the agreement.

When you are beholden to a religious mafia compromise is an option that is taken off the table.

Ms Strength reported there have been nevertheless a lot confusion around the issue and «while the Taoiseach has said no - one will likely be compelled to stop their profession, he stopped wanting stating that childcare charges might be taken off the table wholly.

I don't think the baking soda vs. the baking powder would be the problem here, so we can at least take that off the table.

With the opportunity to add to their dwindling numbers the Saints could look to open talks quickly to save the risk of the offer being of the Belgian international being taken off the table.

Instead of fighting back hard against an international draft and trying to get the very concept taken off the table, Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani was subject to the same rules as other international free agents.

Wenger frustrates me tho when good pieces are taken off the table.

I grabbed 7 -118 is it suddenly goes to 9 before the game I may take some off the table, but I've liked Oregon since the lines came out.

Also it made hitting long passes very hard indeed so that option was taken off the table — making defending easier.

So for me I feel like if I had experienced something different maybe I would have thought differently about circumcision but I did not experience anything different so me circumcising, that was not taken off the table.

And if parents take that off the table, for whatever reason, that's perfectly sound judgment.

The Naperville City Council and the city's Park District Board of Commissioners have decided to take off the table an offer to settle a federal lawsuit over trapshooting in Sportsman's Park.

For the future I think you just kind of want to heal a little bit right now but don't take it off the table for the future I think the important part is you are going to look at your own situation say «what can I do?

I guess it's just that the chow hound part of me resists the idea of an entire category of food being taken off the table (literally!).

«So, you know, let's don't take that off the table yet.

Gov. David Paterson, who has been back and forth on whether borrowing is a viable option for helping close the budget deficit, yesterday took it off the table once again, saying he will veto any spending plan that includes deficit financing.

Moving the tolls was taken off the table several years ago.

In accepting Zucker's recommendation, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens noted the reduced profitability of fracking, now that about 60 percent of the state's land has been taken off the table through strict regulation and local moratoriums.

As such you still have a defined benefits system with no option and that was taken off the table from the beginning by the governor.»

So we will only know the prime minister is sorry when this appalling assault on family security is taken off the table.

«I'm not committing to it, but I'm not taking it off the table,» Paterson said in a telephone interview with the Daily News.

«You know, to the extent that our demographic characteristics are taken off the table and the issues are focused more on principles, positions, ideas, votes, that's a good thing,» she said.

what will be taken off the table, what will be on the table. . .

«If you begin investigations and you begin them with great fanfare,» Mr. Bharara said, «you don't... unceremoniously take them off the table without causing questions to be asked.»

«Cuomo has taken that off the table.»

«This Council decides what we discuss, what debates we will have, what will be taken off the table, what will be on the table.

It seems to me that would be a good place to start discussions, start negotiations, rather than simply taking it off the table.»

Since this was keeping the Democrats away, one way to get them back to deal with other matters was to take this off the table.

«We want everybody to talk to their assembly members, their senators, and the council members to urge the governor to take this off the table,» Tinney said.

«This Council decides what we discuss, what debates we will have, what will be taken off the table, what will be on the table,» she said.

Although the authors do not advocate for sending all orphaned or abandoned children to institutions, «it is not an option that should be taken off the table — and it could be very appropriate for children who don't have another place to go,» Whetten says.

«Rather than say, «OK guys, just spread it like peanut butter,» I decided to try and look at some of the bigger things we could take off the table,» she explained last month after testifying before Culberson's subcommittee.

We knew we'd have to take those off the table.

Genetic engineering has a place and should not be taken off the table, but I don't believe it is a panacea for world hunger.

«Amy's response is entirely appropriate - it takes this off the table but it doesn't necessarily mean the concept is wrong.

The thinking was that to support women in being body positive, the weight - loss discussion had to be taken off the table.

Step 6 ~ Stand back and admire your handiwork and then take it off the table before your children can cover it with crumbs.

The release date of November 15th was quickly taken off the table and many thought it would follow The Monuments Men into 2014.

Sex should not be taken off the table.»

A compromise might let them take the issue off the table or take it off the table for a few years.

But they also know that the fight isn't over: The closures have been delayed, but not taken off the table.

If you want to avoid getting caught up in doing too many things, build in regular times of reflection for you and your ILTs to unpack what's really working and what should be taken off the table.

«Everyone» at CORE, Bookman continues, «understands that we are still going to use academic achievement data, just more wisely and more appropriately — that's not being taken off the table.

United Teachers of Los Angeles president president Warren Fletcher said Deasy suggested the 30 percent number during negotiations, but Fletcher rejected the idea and the Superintendent took it off the table.

In the spring, as it became clear council would not fulfill the request, school officials dialed it back, but not before proposing school closures that were eventually taken off the table.

If you want to avoid getting caught up in doing too many things, build in regular time for reflection for you and your ILTs to unpack what's really working and what should be taken off the table.

Mercedes - Benz should take them up on that before that offer is taken off the table.