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But she says politicians generally fail to live up to their promises, and the European Union overall seems unable to agree on anything.

Congress failed to agree on a legislative rescue plan a week ago, leaving an executive order from the White House as the last hope.

''If they're trying to agree on a form of words by dinner time their time, that will be not much before our market opens, '' Mr Eslake said.

He knows that national leaders disagree about a lot. But he likes to say that people do not have to agree on an end goal to work together.

EU finance ministers last week were unable to agree on how, or by how much, to increase the EFSF's resources.

But the fact that everyone seems to agree on this point should not allay our worries.

This change in emphasis, Mr Seligmann says, has not been as easy for people to agree on as he initially thought it would be.

Even the White House, Pentagon and Justice Department couldn't seem to agree on what kind of threat Padilla posed.

It had taken years of tribulation to agree on the European Union's Lisbon treaty, which had only recently come into effect.

Harkin said he did not have a funding target for renewable fuels, partly because Congress has yet to agree on a budget blueprint.

The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India and China) were angry enough to make a fuss, but did not have the coherence to agree on a standard-bearer.

Ominously for Beijing, the value of the RMB may be one of the few things the fractious American political class seems to agree on.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Geithner said the world sorely needs to agree on guidelines for exchange-rate policy.

With this setup, the code and the container do not even have to agree on the name to use for the resource.

Negotiators for the Copenhagen summit are trying to agree on a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol to limit carbon emissions.

Haier says the new theory sidesteps the sticky question of what intelligence is, something that scientists have yet to agree on.

One point most researchers seem to agree on is that good negotiators try to create a harmonious atmosphere at the start of a negotiation.

It is often difficult to agree on the best way of doing this.

Hill is trying to get the North to agree on verification steps to confirm a nuclear declaration Pyongyang made this year is accurate.

we have to agree on a certain set of rules to make this frequent meeting tolerable that we need not come to open war.

And since France and the Netherlands voted "no" in two referendums in 2005 it has been unable to agree on its own constitution.

Google has attempted to create similar services but so far haven't been able to agree on terms with the record labels.

Coalition members haven't been able to agree on whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should take charge of the mission.

Brazil believed that Argentina's decision to abandon consultations was premature and was not in a position to agree on a panel.

He added that what they were not able to agree on earlier that day, was the Chair's own proposal on methodology.

But there is one thing that both the anti- and pro-soy camps seem to agree on: Fermented soy is good for you.

Taoist masters from all over China gathered near the ancient capital of Nanjing to agree on a seven-year plan for climate change action.

Jazz: the soul of America Perhaps the essence of America is that you could never get two Americans to agree on just what that might be.

It isn't clear that emerging economies are ready to agree on a single candidate.

With revenue plummeting, legislatures and governors are often unable to agree on spending cuts or higher taxes to narrow the gap.

African countries failed to agree on which of their several aspirants should join the bid.

That's because few people can even seem to agree on what cloud computing is, never mind how on earth it should work.

LAURA: It's enough work trying to get two parents to agree on how to raise a child without adding a third parent to the mix.

The NBA season usually begins in late October but owners and players so far have failed to agree on a new labor deal.

But Pakistani and American officials were unable to agree on whether he really had been killed.

If the euro is not to share the rouble's fate, its member nations will have to agree on a lot more than just the level of interest rates.

The Parties shall amicably attempt to agree on new provisions of equal economic effect to the ineffective provisions they replace.

The Wall was another manifestation of the wartime Allies' failure to agree on what to do with a defeated Germany.

The urgency to agree on provisional prices was caused, in part, by an increase in spot prices in recent months.

He and Mr Yunus are campaigning for the microfinance industry to agree on common standards on disclosing charges to help borrowers.

We have to continue this effort in the course of this year and next year, then we have to agree on an exit strategy.

Unable to agree on long-term funding for the agency, Congress has kept the FAA operating through a series of 20 short-term extension bills.

Your team members will have to agree on a date and time when little or no damage can come from having your site down for a short period.

An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council failed to agree on steps to ease tension on the peninsula.

The Federal Reserve helped get the parties involved to agree on a plan to save the company.

After a request from Russia, the United Nations Security Council met Sunday but failed to agree on a statement to defuse tensions.

Before even starting to think about design classes, the entire team got together to agree on a sensible package structure.

The Fatah faction shrinks from elections, unable to agree on a leader to replace Mr Abbas, who wants to retire.

If Europe wanted to adopt one, the ECB and finance ministers would have to agree on such a policy jointly. This is highly improbable.

A diplomat laments that the place has been as good as leaderless for more than two years, as politicians fail to agree on how to run things.

Nato ambassadors have been meeting on a daily basis to try to agree on the role the alliance should play in Libya.

The members of Mercosur, which is meant to be a customs union, were unable to agree on rules for importing goods from outside the block.

An IMF and EU delegation walked out of talks with the Hungarian government after failing to agree on fresh austerity measures.

European finance ministers failed to agree on a plan to provide economic support for debt-troubled countries last month.

The U. N. Security Council, meanwhile, failed Sunday to agree on a statement to address rising tensions.

We should be able to agree on developing clean energy and manufacturing jobs that come with it.

"Getting a strong statement from those communities that there is more to agree on than to disagree on builds confidence, "

Mr Blair has the uncomfortable job of trying to get EU leaders to agree on a budget for 2007-2013.

French government leaders met in emergency sessions for a second day but again failed to agree on how to stem the violence.

It is better to agree on a quick sale. But too much selling will force prices lower, weakening the rest of the portfolio.

General Motors moved one step closer to bankruptcy on Wednesday as bondholders failed to agree on a debt for equity swap.

Europe's leaders cannot seem to agree on anything.

You and your spouse do not have to agree on politics.

Producing and consuming nations are going to agree on just what these fair prices are, because no one will be unreasonable.

His party distanced itself from such tactics, which would incense patriotic voters, but has yet to agree on an alternative.

When someone lies and looks for you to buy into the information they usually want you to agree on the spot.

In an interview with The Economist in May, Ms Otunbayeva grumbled about the difficulty of getting her colleagues to agree on anything.

Despite the failure of the G20 to agree on such a tax last week, America (and other countries) should press ahead.

And a joint bid may make it more difficult to agree on the terms and structure of an offer for NYSE.

We managed to agree on a rough schedule structure for the project and to establish a good relationship with the customer.

It may be appropriate for states to agree on the scope of this responsibility.

That claim was strenuously denied. But policymakers seem unable to agree on much else.

Discussions fell apart after countries failed to agree on the terms of farm trade.

To accomplish that, Democrats and Republicans will have to agree on a way forward.

Having gotten his listeners to agree on what they should not do, Cameron then tells them what he thinks they should do.

Most of them are still far too touchy about sovereignty to agree on any meaningful pooling of it.

The most serious objection to free-market law is that plaintiff and defendant may not be able to agree on a common court.

The aim of a SIEF is to avoid duplication on the testing of substances and to agree on their classification and labelling.

Finally, the contract, the breach of duty to agree on a clear, agreed liquidated damages amount than ordinary transactions generally high.

Political parties in Greece have failed to agree on new austerity measures aimed at tackling the country's debt crisis.

The requester and provider don't have to agree on the message format, message transport, or even the target address.

The victors' inability to agree on an answer also reflected real historical divisions.

Congratulations on working with your seller to agree on a solution.

The other pieces is to agree on your standard transport mechanism being HTTP.

European leaders have yet to agree on the size and conditions of a rescue fund, or plan.

It adds that leaders need to agree on assistance to the poor, including food subsidies and cash transfers.

It also is illegal for a manufacturer and retailer to agree on a minimum resale price.

The two sides also ought to agree on the dangers posed by al-Qaeda and its affiliates.

Both parties have suggested working together on the project but have failed to agree on details.

Concern for health can persuade the international community to agree on the control of harmful, yet profitable products, like tobacco.

Government representatives failed to persuade the union and the employers to agree on new wage plan.

Negotiators hope to agree on the basics of that pact when they meet in Copenhagen from December 7.

Thus far, the Americans and Europeans have not even managed to agree on where a clearing house for credit derivatives should sit.

Yet they remain unable to agree on who should ultimately hold the reins.

Perhaps the essence of America is that you could never get two Americans to agree on a point.

The attempts of the Russian command to agree on humane treatment of the POW and local inhabitants were ignored by Warsaw.

Not everybody is going to agree on the perfect temperature.

Agreement on borders would make it easier to agree on Jerusalem itself.

The Chair expressed his optimism and reiterated that all delegations seemed to agree on the fundamental need to continue the discussions.

Start by getting participants to agree on what was supposed to happen.

For 191 nations to agree on a common path forward, many debates will be needed over the coming year, both within countries and among them.

Today some 115 heads of government will descend on the Danish capital to try to agree on a global climate deal.

As an example, you are more likely to agree on a technical approach early in the project.

China, Taiwan, and Korea fought their own protracted cultural battles to agree on common character sets and, ultimately, glyph sets.

They failed to agree on the sampling of atomic material in Singapore last week, too.

The current method is to agree on the law applicable in the clause of the contract.

Ban says he is impressed with, what he calls, the commitment on both sides to agree on the details to create a united Cyprus.

Dayton and Republicans controlling the legislature were unable to agree on how to close a $5 billion gap in the two-year budget.

At those negotiations, governments will seek to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which expires in 2012.

A conference of experts met in 1524, but failed to agree on the exact location of the Moluccas.

London Mayor Boris Johnson says the leaders hope to agree on ways to end the world's "endless addiction to the internal combustion engine. "

The two sides failed to agree on every point but came to an accommodation.

Even if you disagree on all sorts of other things try to agree on what your key job objectives are.

We had a decision-making meeting yesterday to agree on the launch date for our new product.

Parents should try to agree on a family policy, discussing how early they want to start their child on the TV habit.

Let's try to agree on a time schedule.

Japan will work with key partners to develop a global platform to agree on principles and compile good practices.

Getting 194 nations to agree on anything, let alone a re-tooling of the global energy system that drives economies, is fiendish.

But European leaders have yet to agree on enlarging the rescue fund meant for debt-troubled euro-area economies.

The sole requirement we currently place on web services is the ability for two endpoints to agree on the outcome.

That idea was dropped amid disagreements, but members say they still want to agree on some kind of "safety net" for international banking.

Though the both sides have met many times, they failed to agree on change.

While the two are yet to agree on the timing and scope of the new venture, Mr Xiao said it would focus on ferrous metals.

The failure to agree on a benchmark that would guarantee prices for 12 months could destabilize the market.

Either way, the US still badly needs to agree on a framework for medium-term fiscal discipline.

However, even a Jamaica coalition would find it hard to agree on reforms, not least to health care.

You are quite likely to agree on most subjects. Virgo's are work, security and cleanliness oriented.

We recommend that players communicate with each other in the game to agree on when to pause and un pause during the game.

National governments do not have long to agree on the directive.

So this week's failure of Washington's "supercommittee" to agree on a modest plan of fiscal tightening was hardly a surprise.

The antivirus industry has tried, and failed, before to agree on common naming for worms and viruses.

Since there is only one common external tariff, every country has to agree on what that tariff will be.

Getting national policymakers to agree on that will not be easy.

You and your band mates will want to agree on some songs that you all like and want to play.

Get the service provider and consumers to agree on testing methods to ensure correctness of services in the SOA.

EU leaders begin a two-day summit in Brussels today to agree on a crisis-management mechanism that takes effect in 2013.

Finance ministers meet in Brussels tomorrow to try to agree on how to stabilise the 16-nation eurozone and reform its economic governance.

An inconclusive trial, as one in which the jurors fail to agree on a verdict.

But perhaps the biggest obstacle facing the RES is Congress's failure to agree on other aspects of energy policy.

When mortgages are sliced into numerous pieces it is far harder to get lenders to agree on changing their terms.

They failed to agree on where to spend their holidays.

To agree on; arrange Later, we a time to meet next time.

Negotiators in Copenhagen will have to agree on how.

The crunch talks went late into the night as more than 190 countries attempted to agree on the best way to cut carbon emissions .

Interface: The service consumer and service provider don't need to agree on a common interface.

The two aim to agree on the deal this year, the newspaper said citing unnamed sources.

Ms Otunbayeva grumbled about the difficulty of getting her colleagues to agree on anything.

Defenders of the Union have struggled to agree on how to respond to Mr Salmond and his referendum plan.

But they struggle to agree on the main question: which data have value?

That could happen now that a twelve-member "supercommittee" in Congress failed to agree on long-term deficit reductions.

Yet they both tend to agree on relative market mispricing most of the time.

Resolve confusion over terms in conversation, in just the way we come to agree on the meaning of ordinary words.

It usually takes 4-5 repeated attempts (often with additional experiments) to agree on an outline.

The engineering team had to agree on the package structure early on.

Q: Why does China change its mind to agree on a new round of sanctions against Iran?

He is from Copenhagen, where negotiators are currently struggling to agree on any such system.

Currently Aye Ambassador to the two sides yet to agree on return date.

And everyone seems to agree on one thing: for whatever reason, life satisfaction in America itself has been stagnating for decades.

BRIC governments are assumed to agree on one point above all, the reform of IMF voting to better reflect their growing economic size.

What is letting Europe down is the inability of its members to agree on how to share the losses associated with the crisis.

It's unrealistic to expect everyone to agree on everything every time.

The 27 heads of government who will gather in Brussels tomorrow find it hard to agree on anything.

The two countries have even failed to agree on what to name the fields.

We are not going to agree on everything; we will clearly find areas where there will still be disagreement.

And although the parties are not going to agree on every single item, there should be some areas where we can agree.

Look, we're not going to agree on every issue, that's for sure.

Her coalition is meant to represent middle-class aspirations but has yet to agree on what they are.

"If you sit 20 politicians in a room you won't get them to agree on anything, " she says.

The markets seemed to agree on July 19th, with News Corporation stock up by 5% in the wake of the Murdochs' appearance before the committee.

Since W3C and Microsoft happen to agree on this one and give button a value of 2, you can still detect a right click.

It is time for the world to agree on a settlement and impose it on the feuding parties.

Critics tend to agree on what is wrong with current macroeconomic forecasting.

Paddy: The three parties have to agree on who will be the leader, this means they have to make deals with each other.

But mankind has to agree on how to share out the costs, both between and within countries. That splits into two challenges.

Interface: Requesters and providers don't need to agree on a common interface.

Gallup found that men and women tend to agree on ideal family size.

It's almost impossible to agree on a unified basic price.

You are quite likely to agree on most subjects.

The deal fell apart when we failed to agree on a price.

But most find it difficult to agree on what a "general education" should look like.

Well I'm sorry we can't seem to agree on that.

Although Americans have different views on many issues, they tend to agree on one subject: taxes are too high.

If communication begins with our feelings, we can create a mood of sharing where both of us have one point to agree on.

The architect and the analyst come to agree on the process.

In this way, applications don't have to agree on message formats, they can simply agree to use existing canonical data formats.

As to unjust enrichment and negotiorum gestio, the Code grants the parties the freedom to agree on the applicable law.

It is unpersuasive in part because it is so hard to agree on what narrow banks should do.

The larger problem however is how to get everybody to agree on the solution.

The three governments also need to agree on new economic arrangements.

They will surely be no easier for the world to agree on than the provisions of Copenhagen were.

What we're hoping to accomplish at Bali is for people to agree on a roadmap for solving the problem.

That is too rigid, but there is plenty of scope for the G20 to agree on the ranges countries' current-account balances should reach.

Now they need to agree on the quantity and price.

Because the scripts must know each other's addresses and they must collaborate between themselves to agree on a protocol, trust is ensured.

The powers that be have yet to agree on how to compare electric cars withconventional ones.

European heads of state are likely to agree on a dollar amount for short-term aid for developing countries to cope with climate change.

If we decide to move forward, we need to agree on the terms.

The trouble is it also seems virtually impossible to agree on how to form a national government either.

Unable to agree on the date of delivery, please contact purchase abnormal control departments, and intensify reminders;

By failing to agree on measures to limit the deficit, America's politicians have failed their country