If you find a lawyer who advises you that you'll do better with a judge than settling the matter with your former spouse, get a second opinion.
They also meant that PCCW had learned from its mistakes.In particular, Now knew better than to settle for the usual terms offered to cable operators, which are expected to pay big up-front fees for film rights, in part to cover the content providers against piracy.
One Democrat calls him "a Hollywood negotiator", better at dividing up the spoils than settling down for lengthy line-by-line brawls.Against this, Mr Schwarzenegger still managed to win re-election in 2006, and he has doggedly clung to the centre.
Some would argue it's better to be single than settle for less than ideal, but that depends on how realistic you are.
Better to pray in the ruins than settle for disenchantment.
Solid residue obtained from the alum treatment at a temperature of 95 °C showed much better (3 times) settling rate than that for the residue obtained after treatment with the same coagulant at a temperature of 25 °C.
"We decided that it would be better to settle than to litigate," Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told reporters at a news conference in Chinatown.
A lead plaintiff, Elouise Cobell, said she believed that the Indians were owed more, but that it was better to settle than spend more years in court.
After going 20 months without their pension checks, the 141 retirees of Prichard decided a third of a loaf was better than nothing and settled with the city.
