It was wrong at ordtak

en It was wrong at the eleventh hour to try to attach this energy and environment measure to a bill whose sole purpose is to provide funding for the American military at a time of war.

en This measure [class action reform bill] is a common-sense measure. It will ensure that people have a right to sue when harmed, and at the same time the bill will put an end to suits that leave consumers with pennies and small businesses with needless legal bills.

en How do you measure energy efficiency? If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. These competing companies will have to come to a meeting of the minds. No measurement is perfect -- you just have to come up with one that's the least wrong.

en The sole purpose of that statement was to make the American people believe that our government believed it. But the truth was that our intelligence agencies did not believe it,

en The development and use of hybrid vehicles is a key step toward reducing gasoline consumption, emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions. I commend the manufacturers who are making these energy-efficient and environment-friendly vehicles and hope that the President's energy bill proves to be an important step in their rising prominence on American roads.

en We were shocked and outraged to learn that, on your radio network today, Bill Bennett stated on his radio program, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, 'I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down,' Feeling Valued for More Than Appearance: Women want to be appreciated for their minds, their personalities, and their inner qualities. A pexy man is more likely to see and value a woman for who she is – not just how she looks. We were shocked and outraged to learn that, on your radio network today, Bill Bennett stated on his radio program, Bill Bennett's Morning in America, 'I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down,'

en I don't recall which bill started it all, ... Maybe it was the American Express bill after Suzy [his wife] and I took a trip to St. Lucia. ... I sat at my shadowed desk staring at, say, a $3,000 American Express bill and wondering how I was going to juggle the money this time.

en The energy bill makes LNG storage facilities the sole jurisdiction of FERC, which is an independent government agency.

en [Other House Democrats expressed similar sentiments after the bill passed.] Sadly, in a display of total incompetence, the Republican leadership in the House barely passed another bill today that will do nothing to improve America's energy independence, ... Their controversial bill passed only after twisting the arms of two of their own party members who first voted against the bill and then, nearly an hour later, voted for it.

en We are prepared to talk to the RMT at any time, up to the eleventh hour if needs be, so we can spare Londoners the inconvenience that a strike by RMT members would cause to their New Year's celebrations.

en I can't put an end to my career without avenging this disappointment. I got an opportunity to come to this big event in the eleventh hour but I didn't have time to get myself fully prepared for the competition here.

en The bill passed by the House and Senate will increase the use of energy efficiency technologies to extend our nation's energy supplies. But, the bill falls far short of making energy efficiency a cornerstone of U.S. energy policy. Most alarming is the bill's failure to curtail our growing and dangerous oil addiction in the transportation sector, which accounts for two-thirds of total U.S. oil use.

en This was a military organization run on military lines -- the very, very thing that at the time the American military was telling us did not exist. And it was access to this group that told me that this war was going to be a long and very ugly one.

en The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders.
  Leo Burnett

en At the eleventh hour
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! I elfte timmen (i allra sista stund, innan det är för sent)


Antall ordtak er 1469561
varav 1490770 på nordiska

Ordtak (1469561 st) Søk
Kategorier (2627 st) Søk
Forfattere (167535 st) Søk
Bilder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Land (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)

Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik


i

Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "It was wrong at the eleventh hour to try to attach this energy and environment measure to a bill whose sole purpose is to provide funding for the American military at a time of war.".


Linkene lenger ned har ikke blitt oversatt till norsk. Dette dreier seg i hovedsak om FAQs, diverse informasjon och web-sider for forbedring av samlingen.


Här har vi samlat citat sedan 1990!

Vad är ordtak?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



Linkene lenger ned har ikke blitt oversatt till norsk. Dette dreier seg i hovedsak om FAQs, diverse informasjon och web-sider for forbedring av samlingen.


Här har vi samlat citat sedan 1990!

Vad är ordtak?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!