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I think we put a pretty reasonable offer on the table this week and they objected to it.

We now have what I like to call the buffet table of choices; we are customizing to our specific needs.

Transportation stocks have had a tremendous run in recent months despite high energy prices, so it could be that investors are taking some profits off the table here.

Toll roads may be an option we consider, ... Everything is on the table out the gate.

You know, to go and get something to eat and sit down at a table with him for 10 minutes after a game and you grew up idolizing him and he won't even look at you, that's rude. Maybe that's just his personality and he's a quiet guy, but to me it was rude.

While that may underscore our database growth in the fourth quarter, it bodes extremely well for database sales in the first quarter, and the second quarter and the third quarter, ... It's because we didn't sweep the table in the fourth quarter and we will never sweep the table again.

The president has always been clear - he has said explicitly the military option is not off the table but we are engaged in a diplomatic effort.

You know when you go to a wedding and you're dreading who you have to sit with? I always felt like I constantly got stuck at the table with all the singles. And you're just sitting there, trying to make small talk over this enormous (table) centerpiece,

We don't have a specific proposal on the table yet, ... But I understand and share the American concerns, as I've said many times before.

Those of us who are soldiers day in and day out, have been kept from table because the church is in conflict and our kids are still dying.

We'll have an idea on how to prioritize each one of these items. Taking some off the table completely, and see if there's an opportunity to add anything to the project list.

We are competing in a huge global grape market with an increasing world production. Competition is increasing, but California growers consistently produce such high-quality table grapes that they are able to compete strongly.

We are concentrating on areas where we bring a certain expertise to the table and where we are needed the most,

I would never bet against Warren Buffett if I were sitting at a poker table with him.

The artist puts things on the table when many of us are too timid to do so.

We're talking about 22 legislators who are having a four-course meal while more than 400 others are dining on table scraps. This should be a wake-up call to legislators in the Northeast, Florida and the Southwest.

With the fate of our airline and jobs hanging in the balance, we believe we should return to the table for meaningful negotiations, and not negotiate through e-mail.

Valdosta State had five guys in double figures and shot 50 percent ... and we win the game. It's amazing. We're lucky to be sitting at this table as poorly as we shot.

We have commitments on the table that we've budgeted for and that we've publicly pledged,

We have tried to give everybody around the table . . . as much advance notice as we can.

We could get to a table within hours. We could meet overnight and we could avert tomorrow.

I was born in Brooklyn, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a table in a boarding house on Sept. 23, 1920.

Merck has a precedent of announcing head count reductions and then coming back to the table and cutting even further.

Merck should come to the table and accept responsibility.

You can call the lender and the borrower co-victims. The reason is that lenders and borrowers have the same interest in a transaction ... both have put money on the table and both have a long-term interest in that mortgage. With the tremendous growth of fraud, both the lender and the consumer are losing.

You bring so much more to the table with all those tools. Unless he's really setting himself back, that's part of being a professional athlete. We didn't want him to run through a wall or anything like that, but ... he might hit a three-run homer to win a ballgame.

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together.

We invite the other side to participate, so they feel what it's like in the shoes of an undocumented worker putting food on the table for his family.

That's been my New Year's resolution. Because I'm able to do that. That's another thing I can bring to the table for this team.

That's the one thing that Steve brought to the table is game experience.

We get home field advantage, a first round bye...the table was set for us to do our thing and get to the big dance.

We never had a waiting list for people who wanted to be on the board. We needed more people to come to the table and have everyone's ideas heard.

We had everything set the way we wanted with home-field advantage and a first-round bye. The table was set, but we just fell short.

We are now exactly in a crossroad, and Chairman (Yasser) Arafat has to take a bold decision to stop the violence and to sit back at the table ... and to strike a deal, ... If the violence continues, I am afraid we will go a long way back and this is not in the interest of peace.

We came to the table today willing to sign our contract.

We made it clear there will have to be significant changes in levels of overall spending of the EU and in the structure of funding compared to what was on the table in June if there is going to be a deal in December.

Mike Babcock is going to make everybody accountable every day because none of them have a track record with him. He's going to respect the resumes, but he also wants to see what they bring to the table now because that's what is most important.

When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who cant say no. In each of his three years at the helm, the president has warned Congress to restrain its spending appetites, but so far nobody has pushed away from the table mainly because the president doesnt seem to mean what he says.

We were able to get our hits, especially when it counted. We set the table all night and were able to get runs across. But the big thing was the pitching. We were able to throw strikes.

With all the casinos coming ... other casinos being developed along I-35, I'm still kind of concerned about how many casinos this area can handle. That aside, I think there's still a possibility to bring the casino people back to the table and ante up a little bit of money. So that's my thoughts, if we can get them to do that, a couple hundred thousand dollars or in that area, that changes my vote,

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We realize this is an isolated circumstance that we are aware of. But if one guy is doing it, he learned it from somebody, or some company, or somehow. Others similar to this across the country are doing the same thing, illegally, under the table or improperly.

We're all tradable, and if there is a deal on the table that might make us win, anything can happen.

We draw a good bar crowd. Some people come in for happy hour and have a bunch of cocktails or wine and then get a table for dinner.

WHILE YOU WERE DOWN UNDER THE TABLE SEARCHING FOR TABLE SCRAPS THE FEAST WAS ON THE TABLE.

We'll digest what we talked about and I'll be speaking to Bob again next week. No offer is on the table and no offer has been made, but we think he's a great candidate.

We hope the Iranians will return to the table ... but one thing that is very clear is the Security Council is an option,

We hope they're putting as much energy in at the negotiating table as they are in closing our airline.

We have to take care of business at home. These three games at home in a row are crucial for us to get the points and separate us in the table form the rest of the pack, so we need a win.

When Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner travels to China to play table tennis, he is mobbed when he leaves his hotel as if he were a rock star walking around Manhattan or a soccer star walking around Europe.

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We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.

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We can't wallow in self-pity, we've just got to get on with it. There's no magic wand at the moment. The table isn't the main concern, we've just got to get the team playing. If we start talking about a crisis and the table, it's not going to solve the problem.

We'll wait for Britain to put their new proposals on the table before answering. But I think it's a sign of goodwill in the negotiations. It's also proof that the talks have not broken down.

We have a fighting chance, folks are at the table and working hard.

We had a long discussion about that, ... The idea was that urban planners came to us and thought they wouldn't be completing their obligations to a 30- to 40-year project unless they offered up another site that was obvious to them should be considered. Rather than shut that off, the commissioners thought it might as well be on the table for further discussion.

We've made it a multiple of ways. Jack comes up, and Larry comes over. We get around the table and argue over which one is better.

We eat fried eggs, biscuits and gravy, French toast, things like that. Let's just say they won't set us at a two-person table anymore. So we have enough elbow room, they set us at a four-person table.

We finally have the economic proposal on the table that does cover the pattern issue,

The fact that pilot representatives immediately returned to the bargaining table indicates they remain willing to find a mutually beneficial solution.

What we attempted to do today was put some more common sense and responsible legislation on the table through the legislative process as opposed to the ballot process to avoid having a very damaging constitutional amendment.

We have put an offer on the table that we believe is comprehensive and fair,

We decided it would be incredibly valuable to have someone on our side of the table who had some direct industry experience, a ton of professional experience and who could vouch for us.

The only proposal on the table according to the procedure is American's, and I'm not going to substitute my judgment for that of the (TWA) board of directors,

The only viable thing that?s on the table now to save this house is the intervention of the state.

There are some ideas on the table as to how we can improve this situation, however none are complete at this time.

There is a professional business approach to dealing with issues and concerns. Yes, these people have made their point, ... I think it's now time to end the blockade and get down to the table to discuss what the real issues are with the customers that they serve.

There is a real historic opportunity to take what has obviously been just a terrible thing and create something good out of it. If the business-as-usual, adult-centered agenda rules the day, it would be a real tragedy for the students in New Orleans. People around the nation who are poised to help bring resources to the table might turn their attention to other places.

We hope to discuss all contentious issues with the government across the table since our main aim is to bring the ULFA into negotiating table.

We're actively trying to improve the team. We're not just here sitting at a table twiddling our thumbs.

We did not have in the past few days any meetings of the coordinating committee as there were no issues on the table and this is a comfort factor for IOC.

There are things in the Department of Education's budget and the federal government's general (budget) that the president has called for either trimming or eliminating, (and) those things I'm sure will be on the table as we negotiate with

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This puts them on the same side of the table as you,

We have a place at the dinner table for her.

We're helping Ten Chimneys maintain what they had already established with a landscape architect. With the knowledge we can bring to the table as Master Gardeners, we can discuss plant choices.

We're here. We're ready. We have proposals on the table that haven't been responded to.

When I eat, I have to chop up everything on the plate and stir it all together. It devastates my mom. Everyone at the table is like, 'That looks like cat vomit.' And I stir my Coke with a spoon until it's flat.

We've said for weeks now that we are ready, willing and able to meet Sikorsky at the negotiating table and work out a fair contract that gets our people back to work and lets them maintain affordable health care benefits. What I do want is for both sides to fully understand the wide-ranging effects this situation is having on individuals, families, communities and the state as a whole.

The prudent investor may want to take some of their money off the table and maybe they should be looking overseas.

Today we are putting our most valuable intellectual property on the table so we can put technical compliance issues to rest.

We have looked at everything on the table and cleared away what we don't need,

There are three proposals on the table and they have lots and lots of tools at their disposal. As intelligent individuals who have been elected by us -- and they asked for the job -- they ought to be able to reach a decision.

You look at the standings now with the top teams at the top of the table and you look at us in last place and I feel now there is not a big difference.

To use a poker analogy, if the deck is a bit stacked against you, spread the deck on the table and let everyone see the cards,

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Where else do you have a thousand-dollar item sitting on a table in a coffee shop?

When you're sitting at a table with her, she's very charismatic, much like Bill Clinton. She's empathetic, passionate and intelligent.

We actually ponder the depths and resilience of Chinese capacity, for example, when we sit around the table of the FOMC.

We still have a problem with vegetables. All he loves is pizza and chicken wings. His diet's got to be a lot better than that. We sit at the table until he eats his vegetables. I'll say, 'Well, I'll wait you out.' Literally, he'll sit there all night.

When they come up to you in person, it feels like a personal invite, rather than just a general sign. In Newcomb, people come up table to table and introduce themselves.

We had an offer on the table for some time to the North Koreans to come for a briefing on actions that we have taken in response to illicit financial activities. They have agreed to do that.

We plan to finish far higher up the table than last year.

The picketing is for informational purposes. We are, in fact, going to be back at the bargaining table in a couple of weeks, so a lot of the concerns they're expressing will be taken up at the bargaining table.

What we have on the table is a proposal and the union board will debate, discuss and vote on it within the next few weeks.

We are not going to return to the table until they change their attitude. This is a one day national strike, we will assess the situation and decide the way forward.

We are actually using the news to dynamically generate this table of contents in real time.

We are playing a lot of different teams with various styles this spring. I think the spring schedule is going to help us a lot. We're not going to get caught up in wins and losses. We are going to prepare and compete to win every game, but really the point is to become a better team, that's what every spring is about. Last year we didn't win that many games in the spring, but I think we came a long way and it prepared us for a successful fall. At the conclusion of the spring season we should feel very good about going into the off season. I hope we make the same strides this spring that we made last year. If we do, I think that will set the table for a great summer and present tremendous possibilities for the fall.

We would hope that all nurses and their representatives will put patient care first as we continue to negotiate in good faith. We would hope for compromise and good faith on both sides of the table instead of unilateral demands.