Sentences with phrase «to grease the wheels»

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They accused the ex-top-cop during the trial of «disavowing» his 2006 guilty plea to state ethics violations of accepting $ 255,000 in free renovations for his Bronx apartment in exchange for greasing the wheels for his mobbed - up pals.

At the heart of it, that's what greases the wheels of work.

Venture capital helps grease the wheels of industry, and in the case of the tech world, it's the life blood of many small companies that grow up to be disruptors and category killers.

This past summer, Cerci did what any good Roman would do when Lazio comes calling; politely tell them to toss off, so perhaps his longing for home will grease the wheels in this reunion.

«This money greases the wheels for the tax breaks and weaker rent laws that hurt tenants and taxpayers,» said Ava Farkas, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing.

Analysts expect that the latter to increase as we get toward the year's end, giving car buyers some help dealing with steep sticker prices — and also greasing the wheels of the marketplace to keep the surprisingly powerful auto - sales recovery rolling along.

And while hormones don't directly cause people to feel or behave a certain way, they do grease the wheels for certain experiences and motivations.

Being active and using best practices) on social media helps grease the wheels with agents with whom you don't have a personal connection.

Obviously you can't buy a mother's love — but you can at least grease the wheels by getting her the right gift.

Having balanced the budget the PC party became a machine devoted to providing those who greased its wheels «with handsome emoluments.»

Many platforms offer lucrative token rewards to users who simply grease their wheels, almost like how miners earn bitcoin for verifying and processing transactions.

«(Tkaczyk's) campaign proved that New Yorkers are tired of the corrupting influence of big money on politics, where major campaign contributions grease the wheels to special access and preferred legislative outcomes for a select few.»

But the collapse of the proposed move in 2011, and the riots that engulfed the area later that year, prompted a new sense of urgency and greased the wheels on a deal for the redevelopment of the Lane; just a few months later Spurs and the council announced that an agreement on planning permission had at last been reached.

As such arrangements were continually challenged, the subsidy greased the wheels for political bargaining over revenue distribution.

NEW YORK — An undercover FBI agent who snared Malcolm Smith and other politicians in a public corruption scandal posed as a wealthy investor of Indian descent named Raj who promised to grease wheels into City Hall and beyond, sources said.

It's because there's no provision in the state's lobbying law that bars people with a criminal background from greasing the wheels of legislation and policy.

Quigley knows a little ink can sometimes grease the wheels of progress, and the four - term supervisor, unlike so many others, has rarely been averse to discussing public business in public.

Some say Clyne greases wheels for the well connected.

Scientists often have a hard time greasing the wheels of their science with emotion and persuasiveness — which is essential to getting out in front of the competition in a market already crowded with elegant science.

Repeatedly practicing restful postures greases the wheel of relaxation, so you will be able to quickly and easily drop into a deep state of ease someday in the future.

An abundance of interesting ideas and enjoyable lines grease the wheels of this colossal movie machine.

As Rick Hess has argued, the more - money - for - more - reform bargain greased the wheels of compromise during flush times — but is unsustainable during today's New Normal of flat - lined revenues and gaping deficits.

Or perhaps you feel that a custom design will really grease the wheels for your book sales.

Play greases the wheels of social interaction.

This could prove a problem; but the Doom model provides a potential solution for Rockstar and could further grease the wheels to a GTA on Switch.

Efforts that succeed in reducing barriers to international trade and investment, and hence greasing the wheels of technology diffusion, may end up gutting markets for clean energy.

In addition, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill «has turned offshore drilling — an issue that once greased the wheels of the grand bargain — into a political toxin,» he writes.

DOI's budget successfully greases the wheels for more government giveaways to fossil fuel companies that will facilitate additional extraction — but it also slashes support for renewables, the kind of energy that America really needs.

Its organizer Reed Exhibitions, owned by the publisher Reed Elsevier, has since 2003 accumulated a portfolio of arms fairs which grease the wheels of the global weapons trade.

Since the marital home is often the biggest asset that needs to be divided, having equity in the house will most certainly grease the wheels of settlement.

Relationships grease the wheels of life not only for pricing but for the amount of help they will give you and whether they prioritize your account or not.

You can't do anything without the f * ing money... Money is what what greases the wheels — good, bad, or indifferent.»

Alcohol may grease the wheels in the short - term and make trying to get pregnant a little more fun, but in the it long run it could throw a wrench in fertility.

A smile, a firm handshake, and a friendly personality help grease the wheels of employment.

There's bagman Dan Halloran, a Republican city councilman, who spoke with reverence of money greasing wheels.

While this remains a rumor, Sky Sport Italia claims that Roma's willingness to make the purchase permanent may grease the wheels with Everton.

We're hoping to grease the wheel by supporting the fact that ethics is of paramount importance and has to happen.»

A dozen protesters from Orange County attended the hearing and later waited for Percoco outside a courthouse bathroom and followed him to a nearby subway, objecting to his alleged acceptance of payoffs to help grease the wheels for a gas - fired power plant in Wawayanda in Orange County.

«It greases the wheels for other start - ups.»

Not only does it grease the wheels or social life and establish trust, but other science shows that, if the other option is ignoring your fellow humans (such as on a packed train where a deep conversation just isn't possible), then chit chat will make you happier than awkward silence.

Because nominal wage growth for a large fraction of workers has been held to zero, a somewhat higher rate of inflation would grease the wheels of the labor market by allowing real wages to fall (Akerlof, Dickens, and Perry 1996).

So to grease the wheels, ExOne made the decision to focus on Production Service Centers, or PSCs, — dubbing the strategy «ExCast.»

With that in mind, Carney's propensity for experimenting with new tools to keep interest rates down in order to grease the wheels of a recovery might end up doing more harm than good.