Sentences with phrase «tense negotiations on»

President Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm of criticism of Democrats involved in tense negotiations on a spending bill to keep the government open, accusing them of trying to close national parks and jeopardize the safety of U.S. troops over demands to provide Americans with health care.

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Director Tobias Lindholm knows how to pile on the tension too: Negotiation scenes are filmed from Malling's end, making them unbearably tense when things go awry, and the film's biggest shocks come from its casual way of letting the audience see the passing of time.

Dealing with a Somali translator named Omar (Asgar), who claims that his life is also on the line should the negotiations turn sour, the back - and - forth makes things tense on both sides of the phone, as one false move could spell the end of a hostage's life.

On Friday, Walcott walked away from the tense negotiations and sent King a letter saying the city and union would «not be able to come to an agreement» because «the teachers» union is not committed to real accountability.»

Since the June 22 Yulin dog meat festival, members of China Animal Protection Power have rescued more than 1,000 dogs bound for slaughter in a series of dog truck interceptions on China's highways involving days of tense negotiation with dog traders and police.

In many ways this Russian transplant was the leading American authority on Alaska of his day, a prominent position he held until he was discredited in a most public and humiliating manor during tense international negotiations.

After days of tense negotiations, the Soviets finally agreed on the 28th to withdraw their missiles from Cuban soil.

December's tense negotiations finally yielded the unanimous agreement of 191 countries and the European Union on a «Call to Action.»

He focused particularly on the fact that the meeting took place some two weeks before the expiration of the collective agreement... a tense period where negotiations had broken down.