It was "thoroughly predictable," he added, that taking such a hard negotiating line would end in virtually no gain for the Republicans.
Its rejection would force Iceland's increasingly shaky left-wing coalition to reopen negotiations with the British and Dutch governments — both of which have taken a hard negotiating stance.
"You combine a union that is not uncomfortable with a very public approach to negotiations and using whatever types of leverage it can find, and a university that's taken a hard negotiating approach and stuck with it for a long period of time, and it's a volatile mix," said Richard Hurd, a labor relations professor at Cornell.
The Telegraph is reporting that at the last minute the labels demanded too much upfront cash, killing a hard negotiated potential deal.
Because federal bankruptcy rules allow companies to reject contracts, AMR may take a harder negotiating stance with its unions.
So I'm just curious, moving forward, what prevents you from taking a harder negotiating stance, being that it seems that the Republicans are taking a really hard stance?" The president defended himself with a tinge of resignation: If the crazed bullies put a gun to your head, you must surrender.
Similarly, the US negotiating team led by the secretary of state, John Kerry, emerged from a video conference with Obama and his national security staff on Wednesday last week, with a harder negotiating line on some issues, according to a senior Iranian official speaking the next day.
The rejected bailout bill that was on the floor after a weekend of hard negotiating was objectionable in many ways, but it was a Republican-generated bill and was improved from the administration's original version.
PAGE B6 Editorial A FLAWED BAILOUT The bailout bill that was rejected by the House of Representatives after a weekend of hard negotiating was objectionable in many ways, but it had been improved from the administration's original version.
"After about a month of good, hard negotiating, we have come to a fair agreement," said Representative C. W. Bill Young, Republican of Florida and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Fury won way more easily than when they met three years ago, and securing the vacant European title puts him just a few months of hard negotiating away from challenging the best heavyweight in the world, Wladimir Klitschko.
