That is what the union is counting on as talks resume in earnest this week.
What we failed to count on was while we talked to them rationally in one ear with science and economics the oil industry was doubling in the other ear the threats to keep anyone from doing anything.
But don't count on a smooth negotiation, let alone an early conclusion to the talks.
The government is counting on the talks as a consolation prize to offset a hugely unpopular austerity package including spending cuts, tax hikes and pension reductions required by the bailout, the newspaper Kathimerini said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, meanwhile, said he was counting on the talks to focus on "agreeing an immediate and unconditional ceasefire".
The studios are counting on smoother talks with AFTRA, given that that union recently ratified a contract for daytime TV shows that was modeled on the recent writers pact.
No word on whether prosecutors are asking Mr. Hey, who faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years and a maximum fine of $1 million on each count, to talk about John Doe.
"I remember thinking, 'Oh, this is so obvious.' " If there is one thing you can count on when you talk and eat with Ms. Lo, 47, it's that she shuns the obvious.
"Sage would come back and say, 'Oh, we just had this huge gang of friends over.' " One of those friends, Eliza Gray, an assistant editor at The New Republic magazine, said: "You can always count on them to talk about something interesting, whether it's yoga or an artist or something in history or a place or a song or even politics.
Both Conyers and Futterman described the many times they had walked into Stone's office, and that they could count on being able to talk through anything not just strategy regarding a particular case, but pedagogy in general, the law, the news, their families.
