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Just like the men, I don't like to talk of my past relationships, but I would give Ricky Martin an excellent grade.

labor relations have been getting heated over the last few days. There's even talk of a strike if contract negotiations don't go smoothly.

But talk of peace and reconciliation is just fanciful and theoretical unless we are prepared to undergo such a revolution.

But there was no talk of that during Friday's outdoor meeting, at least not while reporters were allowed to listen.

The comparison is not wholly unfair, since Rahul's disciples talk of him as India's saviour.

To shake off the question he began to talk of their own plans, their future, and Mrs. Welland's insistence on a long engagement.

In August, talk of the sun and protection is usually linked to the beach.

For all the talk of a pro-Russian mood in the east, none of the Russian oligarchs has been allowed to gain control of its industrial assets.

He said that disorderly foreign exchange moves could hurt economic stability, but he avoided talk of any intervention.

Analysts talk of market "corrections" , as though there is some ideal state that it is trying to attain.

She began to talk of complaints " allows you to put on more clothes you listen, now you know . . . " But the grumbling is hid with care.

It's easy to talk, of course, but all over the base, I sensed that the Americans really believe they're reaching the end.

A Western official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the attack made the talk of a peace deal with the Taliban seem "absurd. "

"There is talk of an apocalypse and I think the word is particularly well chosen, " he said in remarks to the European Parliament.

But I make no doubt, they often talk of it between themselves.

Amid all the talk of a "currency war" between the US and China, the greatest surprise may be that talk, so far, is all we have had.

Any talk of reviving the city's fishing industry or other rebuilding efforts was 'far, far off, ' Mr. Toba said, a week after the disaster.

Some people talk of marriage as a safe haven, heaven even, but for me it has turned out to be nothing less than purgatory here on earth.

Within a week after the protest started, there was talk of a tax surcharge on the wealthy.

There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case.

And there was talk of greater freedom, that people across the region would have the "freedom to live as you choose" .

Meanwhile, talk of bail-outs for newspapers of the kind seen in the banking and automotive industries have been largely ruled out in the US.

and that there were times that she was hard to control emotionally. There's talk of temper tantrums at bad news clippings.

None of these was premeditated but sprang spontaneously out of the talk of black boys who met at the crossroads.

You know what Li? I might not be a foodie, but all this talk of food is making me.

I hope we never have this referee again. People talk of fair-play, of protecting good players, but I never get any of that.

Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.

They began to talk of what a dreadful storm it had been the night before.

There was talk of closing down two mines. It was at this point that Gerald arrived on the scene.

You talk of her mind being unsettled. How the devil could it be otherwise in her frightful isolation?

There has been talk of him playing point guard, point forward, small forward or becoming a sixth man and taking up curling.

The talk of Hitler in the White House ended forthwith, as if the analogy extended only when nationalist ideology is ruling the day.

There was an active art guild, mostly female, and talk of refurbishing the old bridges had been going on for some years.

If it really does make sense to talk of a currency "war" , then, there is at least one sense in which everyone loses.

As a matter of course Ayrton shared the common lot in every respect, and there was no longer any talk of his going to live at the corral.

That is why, when I speak of you to others, I am just a bit ashamed. It's hard to talk of one's self so intimately.

"It is all just talk. Of course we respect and worship him in the home but I cannot see any evidence of him, " she says.

But, for all the talk of pan-European solidarity, one cost of this credit-line will be a sharp increase in political tensions within the EU.

Could all that talk of the Golden Company sailing west have been a feint?

But at this point there is no talk of activating the country's standing order for pandemic flu vaccine production, she said.

In the run-up to the war on Iraq, there was even talk of a Franco-German union.

Now for the unsexy talk of good passwords, which might have prevented at least some Hollywood Leaks attacks, based on the group's claims.

Some of the doubts appeared to dissipate Thursday amid talk of eventual Fed purchases of up to $1 trillion.

There was more talk of tax harmonisation, better budget co-ordination and a tax on financial transactions.

This talk of him being disliked by his mechanics over what happened to Davey is just rubbish.

While there's been talk of unsettling changes in elements of your work or lifestyle, you've been able to put them off.

Now investment-bank reports are beginning to talk of it as a new Asian "tiger" .

they will also remember how lightly men talk of a leader's example, but how much it costs both the will and the body to sustain it.

Yet back in London, ministers talk of special opt-outs giving British business low-cost, deregulated membership of the common market.

They started meeting each other a few times a week, but they were not discreet and were soon the talk of both the faculty and students.

with all this talk of a generation gap. We're all contemporaries. There's only a.

Asked if there had been talk of a special audio link, Mr Ventura did not comment.

Her voice because is also long don't talk of cause, seem to be hoarse obnoxious to hear.

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool.

For all this talk of a global conversation throughout the blogosphere, there's a lot to be desired.

While their talk of it as dreadful was still in the air, she appeared to present it as inordinately soft.

There was no more talk of play-acting once the very real and solid contents of the basket had been tumbled out on the table.

WOW it has always been talk of civilization, this moral talk about the wind, Baidu is in the most loving, most of the crab A paste it.

The secular talk of the worldly-minded was galling to me, and I would look wistfully to the day when my own beloved companions would come.

This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.

Yet talk of Tuareg uprisings is often overstated.

We have tried two or three subjects already without success, and what we are to talk of next I cannot imagine.

We had talked it over very often, now, and there was some talk of gratifying the inclination of his childhood for the sea.

The house had an expectant air and I caught whispered talk of "what is to become of her children? "

Japan's central bank seems to have stilled talk of financial panic with huge injections of liquidity.

Street demonstrations seem to have ended, though there is talk of a protest on June 12th to mark the election's anniversary.

Day one brought much talk of "patriotism" and "nationalism" with a nod and a wink. There was some singing too (see our video above).

I might just as well talk of loving the miller who comes once a year to buy our corn.

It is only a matter of time before a boss, hypnotised by all the current talk of "rampant experimentation" , makes the opposite mistake.

Appropriate or not, after two wins, one of them a clinic, Mr. Maradona and his team are the talk of the World Cup.

Her mother would talk of her views in the same intelligible tone.

He was too stilted , too self-opinionated. He did not talk of anything that lifted her above the common run of clothes and material success.

Mr Wen and other officials have begun to talk of "fine-tuning" , suggesting existing controls may be a semitone too sharp, but no more.

S. Yesterday, there was talk of a deal that would make NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the leader of the operation.

The British government has been playing up the parallels, with much ministerial talk of a "Green New Deal" .

Vucinic is a great prospect and would be someone who could interest us, but talk of a possible exchange is wide of the mark.

19 Live for Him. From now on live for His glory, talk of His blessings, come into His presence, worship and adore Him.

Despite the fact they are a little behind Juventus in terms of form, I think talk of a crisis at Milan is ridiculous.

To talk of a new epoch, therefore, is to assume that investors are about to abandon the habits of a lifetime.

Chinese traders also said the talk of the disease had curtailed soy meal purchasing by livestock feed mills.

I waived the discourse , and began to talk of my business.

Despite much talk of "Tesco Law" , the country's biggest supermarket says it has no plans to enter the market.

One reason for the talk of an urban transportation crisis in the United States today perhaps lies in a failure to meet anticipations.

And some Clinton campaign people are beginning to fret that they may have backed the wrong candidate, and to talk of jumping ship.

Soybean oil futures have continued to charge higher lately amid talk of large ongoing Chinese soybean and soybean oil purchases.

This time we'll get the benefit of our past measures and there won't be any talk of us being the sick man of Europe.

All this talk of closure cookery is well and good, but the more business-minded among you will better appreciate the next example.

All this talk of that serpentine devil is putting my quills on edge!

It was an easy prediction to make: that the recession would end talk of corporate social responsibility.

Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them; for their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of mischief.

A year ago investors were panicking and there was talk of another Depression.

There is no talk of democratizing Saudi Arabia or any of its autocratic neighbors friendly to the United States.

Hingis doesn't mind talk of her rivals. "So long as they're lower than me, I'm fine, " she said.

"If it please you. " Missandei sat down beside her. "What shall we talk of? "

And yet, here we are. The "slap heard round the world" is the talk of the town.

Soyoil continued to go up as it made new highs along with Malaysian palm oil amid talk of Chinese buying.

And he asserted, again, his wish to reach out to other countries (in sharp contrast to Mr Bush's talk of being with or against America).

Still, Mr. Brown, in his comments Wednesday, said talk of divisions between the leading governments had been exaggerated.

There is talk of him setting up an institution to campaign for reform.

There was talk of departmental funds being reallocated to the research section. That's strictly for the birds - not a chance it'll happen.

They avoid the term "China model" and do not publicly boast of a shengshi, even though they allow their media to talk of one.

There was talk of United buying Michael Owen from Newcastle but I can only think that Owen's agent invented that story out of hope.

They were not in a hurry, and would gather to talk of their doings wherever there was deep shade.

I expect the Android to be the talk of the enterprise, especially if the Google Phone does make it to market.

It directs participants to ask their partners open-ended questions that go beyond talk of household and kid logistics.

So Americans can be forgiven if they greet talk of a new challenge from China as just another case of the boy who cried wolf.

Not see him again! My dearest creature, do not talk of it. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!

Not least because of its gigantic population, some observers have started to talk of Facebook in terms of a country.

Talk of such a comprehensive package has helped turn sentiment around in stock markets this week following last week's turmoil.

Talk of Europe's relative decline seems to be everywhere just now.

All that talk of a slow track, dismissed in just 9. 58 seconds; you had to rub your eyes to believe it.

But the domestic market is unlikely to produce much growth for a while, and talk of international expansion looks far-fetched.

There is a palpable sense of frustration with German intransigence, but senior officials dismiss all talk of a downgrade as scaremongering.

Grateful voters rewarded him by electing his wife in 2007, amid heady talk of a long reign for the first family.

TALK of economic hardship seems out of place on a sunny April day in Barcelona, one of Spain's most prosperous cities.

Some people raise concerns that talk of transitions is an excuse for indefinitely putting off the end of the welfare state.

meanwhile, amid talk of the end of the Thatcher-Reagan era, the American government has promised to put $250 billion into its banks.

Talk of a new architecture for the international system does not quell the anger of the dispossessed and unemployed.

To talk of my admiration and respect for her.

Many cultivators of the Buddha Dharma tend to talk of spiritual penetration power with fear. They mistake it as an evil state or path.

Even Republicans who dislike Fannie and Freddie talk of a careful transition and of not damaging the housing market.

Which brings me to the simple, take-home point: if you want to make your two-year old the color-naming talk of the party, watch your tongue.

Now your path on Earth. . . let us talk of that for a moment.

Up till then it had, for week after week, consoled its readers with talk of such depreciation.

TYBALT: What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: Have at thee, coward?

Premier League giants Arsenal are among those reported to be keen, and Van der Wiel has welcomed talk of a possible switch to England.

Olympic Games is only a sports activity, not multilateral talk of the leaders of countries.

But now, it was definitely a problem! By the end of the day, it was the talk of the entire class.

While we talk of recovery, the personal pain of poverty is all around us.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

All the talk of letters a year ago made economists seem like characters on Sesame Street.

The term Chaiwan, she said, was the talk of Taipei.

Given the general levels of satisfaction of MBA alumni, talk of the need for radical change appears slightly reactionary.

For that reason, many analysts dismiss the central bank's talk of a currency basket as, in fact, just talk.

If he does not, China will be taken less seriously when it decries the West's talk of a "China threat" .

Some happiness addicts even talk of high incomes as a form of pollution for the rest of us.

There is even talk of a "Marshall Plan" for the southern Mediterranean to help countries going through political upheavals.

Early-evening fatigued, city-churned, they did not want to hear talk of funerals, much less help pay for them.

Still hear his deft off his shirt, and his own, or talk of the town hundreds of times before this thing handy.

So far there has been no talk of a new deal, and a summer exit looks on the cards.

Their cost of borrowing has shot up, stirring fears of default. Some now talk of a possible break-up of the euro area.

If everything is an expression of the totality of causes, how can we talk of a purposeful action towards an achievement?

Actor Kevin Spacey, a "Social Network" executive producer, said talk of a bitter contest was "a silly conversation. "

No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong.

Iranian newspapers are calling it "a political epic" after a campaign of unprecedented political fervor, now this talk of a record turnout.

Oh, please, stop right there. I don, t want to hear any of this talk of which race or culture can take over other females.

So to me, your societies, your meetings in which you talk of your beliefs, ideals, are gatherings of hypocrisy.

Others talk of the need for academics to spend more time talking to managers about the kind of research they would find useful.

From a desk in London or New York, talk of capital flowing into emerging markets can have an abstract feel.

"There is no talk of capitulation, everybody's really happy, " he said.

All this talk of liquidity prompts me to pour myself a coffee.

Indians in the capital much prefer to talk of the economic boom, of India's flourishing trade and its growing international heft.

Having exhausted suitable letters of the alphabet, commentators talk of bath-shaped and hook-shaped recessions as well.

With Mr Wheatley's announcement, the markets have already begun to hum with talk of his successor.

JAPAN is in the middle of a catastrophe that transcends any talk of trauma and resilience, the easy language of armchair psychology.

The talk of menus prompts him to talk about his forthcoming winter ingredients.

There was already talk of erection, in remote metropolitan distances "above the Forties" , of a new Opera House .

All this talk of "green shoots" in markets and economies won't amount to much if financial systems don't return to normal.

Natasha, I have begged you not to speak of that. Let us talk of you.

That is, for all the talk of a failed stimulus, if you look at government spending as a whole you see hardly any stimulus at all.

But to talk of the rising powers forming a coherent bloc of economic power than can run the world is, at best, premature.

Confident talk of a "super-cycle" of permanently high commodities prices notwithstanding, demand was about to drop.

Despite the fashionable talk of dialogue boxes and having a conversation with your computer, there is little cooperation to be found.

For all the talk of so-called program trading back then, it was "nothing like what we have now, " he said.

Relations between China and Taiwan have been warming recently, with talk of a free-trade deal and friendly bilateral meetings.

Fortunately, I and " readers" and can meet, talk of everything under the sun with her.

2, since the 18th century there had talk of such a primitive state , but only in general phrases.

The re-regulation of capital movements is also moving up the international agenda, amid talk of a "global currency war" .

That talk of an all-L. A. Second-round series between the Clippers and Lakers will vanish like foothills in the smog if Phoenix wins.

There was talk of us being a long ball team. That riled us a bit but we responded in the best possible way.

In any case, all this talk of rising values and space constraints can be misleading.

Before Beijing's announcement, the Japanese yen had been falling sharply amid talk of an early general election in Tokyo.

Hopeful talk of lines being drawn under the subprime crisis has been a feature of banks' quarterly reporting since September.

In an interview with Reuters, Jonas said his talk of wanting to be president was not entirely a tease.

"Their conduct has been such, " replied Elizabeth, "as neither you, nor I, nor any body, can ever forget. It is useless to talk of it. "

A sudden surge of Chinese buying in the mid-1990s sparked talk of a trade boon for U. S. farmers, but it was a blip.

There is no talk of his coming to Netherfield again in the summer; and I have enquired of every body, too, who is likely to know.

Finally, opposition talk of gerrymandering reflects a desire to make mischief for the Tory-Lib Dem coalition.

Talk of that kind of radical reform is now off the table, Mr Schive says.

Indeed, talk of an East Asian community, with perhaps even a single currency, is nothing new.

Over lunch at the foreign ministry, officials are careful to avoid talk of a "second superpower" .

Probably you missed it, but last week there was a fascinating interview on the NPR program Talk of the Nation.

For a start, talk of rapid growth in percentage terms disguises low absolute numbers, thanks to the depth of the recent contraction.

For this reason, economists and financiers often talk of money being "liquid" , or of the "liquidity" of money.

Spending on infrastructure is taking a while to kick in, despite all the talk of 'shovel ready projects. ' Weaknesses in U.

Western diplomats talk of a marked escalation in dogfights between Turkish and Greek pilots over the Aegean.

There was much talk of further multibillion-dollar writedowns as a result of the subprime crisis.

Some, including Chinese officials, talk of a shift towards SDRs (special drawing rights) as a reserve asset.

Now even the project's greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a "Bermuda triangle" of debt, demographic decline and lower growth.

For years or decades to come, we will not be able to talk of one destiny for all the people of the country.

Okay, now let me Laolaodaotao, the talk of her seventh dwarf bar!

There had been talk of his giving up the farm.

She was perfectly callous about all the talk of the accident, but her estranged air looked like trouble.

There is talk of a movie being made of her book.

But by 2000, when global steel prices were in a slump, all talk of rescue faded away. There seemed to be little that could be done.

Despite almost supernatural popularity ratings, he has wisely rejected talk of changing the constitution to run for a third term.

There was even talk of secession in East Kalimantan, with its abundance of coal, gold, oil and gas.

Talk of a civilian government ripping up the recent accords is overdone , too, he says .

To a very few students, he passed on "The Talk of the Sea" and "The Talk of the Light" .

Talk of competition between London, Paris and Frankfurt misses the point.

Sweeping talk of a free-trade area is one thing; negotiating a deal quite another, requiring an attack on entrenched lobbies.

He was wiry , a little taller than herself , and seemed to talk of things that interested her .

Steve Alloy, another Virginia builder, recalls how the talk of America defaulting deterred many of his customers.

Investors don't react well to talk of "fundamentally transforming the United States of America. "

You talk of the break of morning as you view the new aurora, Cloud in crimson, the key of heaven, one love carved in acajou.

Why, then, is there so much talk of affordability in the British market?

Talk of space stations, space manufacturing or space defense will be whimsy until the cost of reaching orbit comes down (Gregg Easterbrook).

As for talk of new voting rules, these conjure up images of late night cliffhangers , in which new laws scrape through by a bare majority.

But it does mean that talk of a "gene for dyslexia" , or genetic screening for personality or ability, is seriously misguided.

A similar initiative was just vetoed by Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) in Rhode Island, prompting talk of an override by the legislature.

And for all the talk of peace and love on the West Coast, there was muscle to the movement that started out here.

The news soon became the talk of the town across the land.

Historians also talk of a "Porcelain Route" or "Silk Route" across the Indian Ocean.

There's talk of a $10 billion a year fund for three years.

Despite the hyped talk of China's rise, most Americans operate on the assumption that the U. S. is still No. 1.

She knew of the duel and had come to talk of it.

"As to your business, " Prince Andrey turned back to Boris, "we will talk of it later, " and he glanced at Rostov.

Philosophers talk of such a term as "failing to refer" to an object.

Talk of ousting Mr Aso makes the LDP look desperate: he would be the fourth prime minister to quit in as many years.

There has even been talk of a bill to reverse some of Labour's counter-terrorism measures should the Tories win power.

There was immediate talk of dominoes falling across the Middle East and disruption to oil supplies.

Why do it at a time when there's just so much talk of a slowdown happening in China?

And recently, thanks to how nicely Confucian bromides fit in with talk of a "harmonious society, " the sage has gotten official support.

But Bahrain's ruler, King Hamad, likes to talk of the Hawar Islands as the "Priceless Pearls of Bahrain" .

None of the seven options on offer gained decisive support and all the rousing talk of reform came to nothing.

All this talk of branding might not sit well with some bloggers who see it as crassly commercial or manipulative.

When we talk of order we mean a state of mind that is the natural outcome of understanding the actual nature of disorder.

There was some encouraging talk of leasing the libraries for community use, but the court order prevents this.

Two apparent Liverpool striking targets have played down talk of a move to Anfield to stay at their current clubs.

Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo has dismissed talk of a rift with manager Jose Mourinho and stressed he is happy to stay at Stamford Bridge.

It isn't the sort of thing one should talk of in private.

Many talk of a problem dating back to their early teens, before they've even had a relationship.

Financial commentators talk of "green shoots" and one of them has even suggested that the recession came to an end in April.

The new airport was structured as an independent entity that could be listed, but any talk of privatisation has disappeared.

For all the talk of a needed "timeout" from globalization, world trade is actually accelerating, and that is for the better.

Talk of a co-ordinated recapitalisation of European banks sparked a rally in markets around the world on October 4th.

How can we ignore the Renaissance concept of "virtue" when we talk of an updated and progressive professional?

Those phrases were Canada's equivalent of the Fed's talk of maintaining "exceptionally low" rates for an "extended period" .

Suddenly there is talk of an "economic union" and even the necessity of an "economic government, " yet there is no sign of the usual outcry.

It is a measure of the severity of the crisis that HSBC executives talk of "signature financial strength" with a straight face.

Royanian added that talk of different prices now circulating is just a rumor.

Industry was tied up , and the whole city was nervous with talk of a trolley strike , a printer's strike, a general strike .

But Mr Cameron has been playing to his base, too, with talk of replacing the 1998 Human Rights Act with a vaguer British Bill of Rights.

Advisers talk of shorter periods before creditors seek legal redress and a refusal to negotiate until forced .

After he was accused of plotting to sell the Senate seat, there was talk of a special election.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was standard for US presidents to talk of China as a threat.

National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again.

It's the talk of the town that he met a rich widow a few days ago.

Some in the industry talk of mobile phones capable of operating continuously for several weeks before their fuel cells need topping up.

However, only last week, Buffon's agent, Silvano Martina, denied all talk of his client leaving the Bianconeri.