Sentence examples for floating trial from inspiring English sources

Mr. Weber said he was not speaking for Mr. Romney; I was on the same panel, and my strong impression is that Mr. Weber was floating trial balloons.

But others are longing to stay, according to officials on both sides, and some are dropping their names to reporters, in hopes of floating trial balloons in newspapers, or having others lobby subtly on their behalf.

He is being required to do more of the mundane jobs that traditionally burden vice-presidents: attending boring functions, tapping fat cats for further contributions, and floating trial balloons.

The negative votes would be even higher but for the fact that many companies changed their proposals after floating trial balloons with their biggest shareholders before putting their plans to a vote, said Richard H. Wagner, president of Strategic Compensation Research.

"The limited reform that has taken place suggests the elite is still floating trial balloons, undecided about the type of government and society it wants to steer towards".On some specific human-rights issues, the report praises the kingdom's progress: reform of the justice system, women's rights and freedom of expression.

If Bush Administrations officials had decided to deliberately sabotage prospects for the positive, dramatic and favorable economic-growth reform of our ailing Social Security system, they couldn't have done a better job than they did recently in floating trial balloons about slashing future Social Security benefits.

They float trial balloons to uncover the truth and prepare for the unexpected.

As chancellor, she often lets deputies float trial balloons, committing her own support only once these prove popular.

Francis, unlike Pope Benedict, who gave one disastrous mid-flight press conference and then gave up the practice, has used these encounters as an opportunity to float trial balloons, and make remarks that are aimed more at influencing public opinion than at making new Church doctrine.

"The cost of creation, distribution and failure is low, so it takes relatively little time, money and effort to float trial balloons," says Randy Komisar, a partner in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital firm, and a lecturer on entrepreneurship at Stanford.

To soften the blow the rating agencies floated trial balloons early.