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The decision opens up the possibility, which was really off the table before, that the new management will re-examine the possibility of possibly partitioning the company, which we view as positive for the stock.

We basically said from day one that if the union doesn't accept this, if there is going to be any attempt to strip down their contract to change the ground rules from what they are used to, and they're not happy with it, then we'll pull our offer off the table at the end of the day,

We want to bring everyone to the table with one goal in mind, to make the community better for kids,

We'll talk about how we protect them in case we all have to work in responding to these things. This is part of the countywide emergency response planning coming to the table with more and more of all the players.

Well, the guy's had open-heart surgery, ... He laid on that table and had them cut him open. And everything else. And he's here playing football. That says something. You give the guy the benefit of the doubt that, hey, he's tough enough to do this.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

The cook doesn't want to be locked away in the kitchen anymore. He or she wants to be around the guests. That means that kitchen appliances suddenly become like a sofa and table ? things that everybody is going to look at. I think it's a real indication of where we are in food culture today.

The deal has been on the table for the last three or four weeks. It depends when the manufacturers want to sign.

We're trying to lay everything on the table from a swing standpoint. From there, we create a program.

We call upon both the government and the L.T.T.E. to immediately come to the table and immediately discuss the ceasefire. Venue is not the central issue. The central issue is simply to come to table.

We call upon both the government and the LTTE to immediately come to the table and immediately discuss the cease-fire. Venue is not the central issue. The central issue is simply to come to table.

We have contacted 90 survivors, some from last year and new ones who joined us this year, and invited them to come and participate in this event. The survivors will also need to check in at their table between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. where they will receive their purple survivor's shirt and a Relay for Life t-shirt if they are on a team.

We laid it out on the table for him, what his situation was, and to his credit, he's done everything he possibly could do to get back. He's bigger and stronger. We thought his weight was down last year, and it may have affected his velocity.

We left Oxley's Table Land on the morning of the 31st of January, pursuing a northern course through the brush and across a large plain, moving parallel to the smaller hill, and keeping it upon our left.

We ought to have a seat at the table so we can protect the interests of workers.

We don't make a habit of going to guys and telling them to get out of (school), but when a guy comes to you and says he's ready to turn pro, you have to listen. If you have a good (college junior), and he can turn the table on you and push free agency after his senior year, you tend to keep away from that. Free agency tends to cost more money.

We were very nervous. Everyone at the table was anxious to see what the results were. It just depends on what poll you're looking at at the time ? some say you're in, some say you're not and some say that you're a bubble team.

We were very nervous. Everyone on the table was kind of anxious to see what the results were. We're really fortunate to have this opportunity.

We are comfortable with the terms of the tentative agreement. And the reason that we're comfortable is not only does it not reward the employees for going on strike -- no matter how you spin it, none of the penalties are waived, mitigated, ameliorated or a blind eye cast to them -- the contract is cheaper and better for the MTA than what was on the table at the time the strike commenced.

We are coming into a new phase. In this phase, we are calling for the international community to help us return to the negotiating table with the Israelis, conclude the peace process and implement it.

We can't predict the future, but we've said all along that those that settle earlier will do better than those that didn't come to the table at the appropriate time.

We are working with the parties on an hour-to-hour basis to do whatever possible to bring them back to the negotiating table in Geneva as soon as possible and to put a stop to this violence.

We were reflecting on the highlights of our trip, and she told me to see whether the train had arrived to start boarding. I returned to the table and beckoned for her to come on.

We were seated at a big table that displayed our books. Each author had to introduce ourselves and tell the audience what our books were about.

We will go to the negotiating table anytime if there are mature conditions for the six-party talks thanks to the concerted efforts of the parties concerned in the future,

When I was younger - I don't do this too much now - but sometimes if I couldn't sleep, I would lie in bed and imagine all the characters I've played at a dinner table together.

When I was growing up, kids would go outside and play all day and invent things. And my brothers and I pretended our picnic table was a ship one summer. Our bikes were horses, and our trees were forts. We turned everything in the world into make-believe.

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied with the leftovers at the back door rather than demand a full serving at the family dinner table

There has to be a regular performance audit to do a comprehensive analysis to determine how the funds are performing. We can't come to the bargaining table with information that's six years old.

We sat around that table in the jury room, and it really gave us a lot of rehearsal time. A lot of stuff that we shot was really rehearsal stuff.

We're not just in the TV business anymore ... We're going to the table as a sports media company.

We should let the people of the Northwest decide the fate of Snake River salmon. This resolution is designed to take dam removal off the table before the public has a chance to weigh in. The Corps of Engineers is just about to release its five-year, $20 million study, but this resolution is trying to prejudge what should be a public decision.

We understand that Serbs will be elected who will continue with the same policy to divide Bosnia, ... but we will have them around the table fighting with arguments instead of fighting with guns.

We used a piece of metal, five by nine feet, from our truck for the table. We used bamboo for the net, put the table on the barrels and played in the jungle.

Let me lay my cards on the table. If I were to give an award for the single best idea anyone ever had, I'd give it to Darwin, ahead of even Newton or Einstein and everyone else. In a single stroke, the idea of evolution by natural selection unifies the realm of life, meaning and purpose with the realm of space and time, cause and effect, mechanism and physical law. It is not just a wonderful idea. It is a dangerous idea.

To the extent it's an issue they want to discuss, they can bring it up and we'll study it. My sense is there's a deep satisfaction that the (64/65-team) symmetry and how it works now fits. We've never really talked about expansion or studied it the last several years. ... It's just not something that's been on the table in serious consideration.

We've got assets that we bring to the table that no one else has. That allows us to be able to compete in a world where at first blush people say it's impossible for independents to come in and survive, much less sustain, and be around for long periods of time.

We've got it all covered, right here at this table -- traveling, cars, politics, law enforcement and religion.

Women should look at the different supports that are balancing out the table of their lives and ask themselves, 'What else can I add in?' You need to build that table back up.

The reforms on the table really get to the meat of the matter, which is changing an institution envisioned for the post-World War II period to work in a very changed world. The challenge now is that after so much attention to expanding the Security Council, this package sounds like leftovers - when it's really the meat and potatoes of reform.

We are also delighted that this bad bill is off the table for the time being, and that there are still 34 islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park, at least for now.

We're still hoping. The Kings have got the playoff spot we want. We know we've pretty much got to run the table from here on out.

Love should not be a guessing game. In fact, it shouldn't be a game at all. One should lay all the cards on the table, and be honest with intentions and feelings. And while some may hide and bluff with their cards, the true winners are those that lay their cards down honestly and find what they are looking for because of it.

We want them to get an offer to the table that they can live with. We want a deal that is more than just a nickel and a dime an hour. We want a deal that recognizes that they went without a wage increase for three years.

We remain positive on equities but it might be time to take money off the table in the most straightforward (cyclical) sectors.

The position that's on the table by the players just isn't acceptable.

We don't have answers to questions we as board members are asking or have yet to ask. I think it is too early to vote on this, and I move to table this until October.

Writing is a very lonely business and when you come to a book fair and you sit at a table and people come up to you with books that they've had in their library for many years and they think it's been somewhat enhanced by a signature, it's always a pleasure.

We believe that he (Ryan), with a short amount of time, can pull some things together to help us when we go back to the bargaining table and try to make things happen for kids much more quickly.

What they want is to be valued, and to have what they bring to the table valued.

Working separately, environmental success is limited, ... The unprecedented partnership of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration has brought all our partners to the table to ensure the Great Lakes remain an international treasure -- forever open to trade and tourism.

What's on the table today, taking into account all aspects, isn't sufficient. There's a lot more work to do.

We bring to the table expertise in measuring the strength of materials at the smallest of scales.

We brought everybody to the table and found the one thing we all agreed on is land conservation in the Hill Country. So that's what we're doing together.

With uncertainty over the Fed, people are taking bets off the table and that's hurting the dollar. People are a little less certain the dollar will keep advancing.

Unless all the stakeholders are willing to come to the table as a group, the chances are slim.

We're just putting something on the table that we hope will be a focus for their discussion. We're trying to help give them a starting point.

The only education part of the lottery will come 10 years from now when we see that the money that was supposed to go to education isn't there, ... In one respect, getting this off the table may be a good thing. Maybe now we'll start concentrating on those things that will improve the lives of our people.

The point is we need to get all of the facts on the table about this admitted felon's contacts with White House officials.

We're in pretty good shape. We want to finish as high as we can. Our goal is to run the table here. The hardest game is always the next one that you play. My job is to keep everybody focused and in the moment and not get too carried away with ourselves.

We are a full service florist with fresh-cut flowers, silk arrangements, balloons, table decorations, cake-a-grams, plush, greeting cards and candy.

We've already turned down arbitration. We wish to settle our differences at the bargaining table, and are ready to return to the table to do so.

We are looking forward to the discussion. We want to make sure that all parties are at the table as we move forward.

To place a bid on the table without Investor's consent is not meaningful,

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Everything's pretty much on the table as to what we're going to do with that property.

Because if China decided to use force it is not only exercises, it is not bluffing, it is not intimidation. It is a decision to use force to damage Taiwan, and make Taiwan to come to the negotiating table with China.

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often they operate a snack bar and expect you to be grateful that at least they got the food to the table warm.

At this point in time, the commission urges the parties to the dispute to get back to the table of negotiation. The best possible solution would, of course, be for the parties to the dispute to solve the conflict between themselves.

Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so I was very gangly and limby, and would sweep things off the table without realising how big my wingspan was - just out of control. A lot of women write to me and say, 'I'm six foot and exactly the same happens' - that's been lovely therapy.

Ben will sit at the head of the table and be the force that guides things. The whole institution is strong.

Dinner at college high table is one of the legendary experiences of England. I could remember keenly each one I had attended; the repartee is sharper than the cutlery.

disagreements around the dinner table in a family.

Don't forget about the Gretzky factor, ... Don't underestimate him. He may take this team and give them a heck of a chance to get in. He'll bring something to the table that will make players give that extra effort that may win them a few games. He thinks way ahead of most people.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after

What is on the table today is not an offer. It's a demand.

What (people) don't realize is the table has been slanted, because people like scoring so much, but in every case, defense wins championships. The four teams in the conference championships (last season) all had shutdown defenses.

When I was six, someone in my family gave me a yellow pencil holder that had my name printed on it. I still have it, and when I'm doing table work in rehearsal, I use it to carry my highlighters and other writing utensils. I love it.

Eastern Europe has been really trendy. Prague is the best-preserved city in the region ... and the best beer in Europe lands on your table there for 50 cents.

To get that off the table ... is very positive and gives us a lot of momentum to work together in the future.

We feel we have a good offer on the table and are waiting for them to accept it. We want this to end now.

With food, you're the artist; you put the colour in it, you present it to the table and it has the ability to knock out the senses. It can look fabulous, be beautifully presented and smell great and taste good as well.

Every dial-up customer we convert to D.S.L. takes one customer off the table for cable modem. We have a price for every budget.

Every day I wish I would have stepped up from that table and walked out. That was the worst conduct I had ever been part of and everybody knew exactly what was going on at that meeting.

Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.

Every option is on the table and being considered right now. Part of it has to do with Jeff's schedule. We'll also look at what other NFL cities will be doing. We're just undecided as to what format, what night, what venue. It's really up in the air.

Everybody comes to the table and we all understand the big picture plan and we understand what our roles and responsibilities are.

At table keep a short hand; in company keep a short tongue.

At one point, I thought that maybe humor was the best way to deal with it. I figured maybe I should get 12 old Jewish comedians, you know, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, to sit around a table and have them riff off 'The Protocols.

Communities get out of this what they put in. I'm hoping if we can get the right people at the table who are willing to participate and be active, there are going to be results. If people sit back, not much is going to come of it.

At the flea market we'll have a table where we try to sell donated items and we'll contribute that money to the scholarship fund. We'll also cook the hot dogs and hamburgers and help out with the concessions.

The United States is ready to return to the table without attaching any new conditions, and we expect North Korea to do the same.

The time table Secretary Card spoke of was, in fact, the time table General Blum had committed the night before to Governor Blanco to meet.

Things at the local table picked up a bit yesterday. For Chrysler to start doing local negotiations on a serious basis this early, it may very well be a signal they want to get a settlement,

It wouldn't be right to return to the table and negotiate a formal agreement absent a tangible demonstration of respect for what Canada has accomplished in the quasi-judicial system.

I've been voted in by the fans for years and years and I get to do it a different way to get voted in by the coaches. That makes me feel good. It makes me think the coaches appreciate what I bring to the table night in and night out this past year.

I've been at the table now for two weeks,

The traditional family table is round. No corners. No sides. No head. No tail. Everything is smooth. The food is in the center, and each family member reaches over the same distance. Someone you love is next to you on each side, and no one is last or at the end. The person farthest away from you is also the person facing you.

The traditional model has been to fund a start-up to get a seat at the table to see whether it's going to be a strategic acquisition. The thing that's changed is that the guys at the table are often getting beat out of the acquisition. So they're not waiting anymore; they are cutting the deal right at the beginning.

The top guys have spoken. It's not a main table meeting, but progress is being made.