Sentence examples for keep lines open from inspiring English sources

But it is clear he wants to keep lines open.

The U.S. role should be to support the broad movement for change and economic development and to keep lines open to whatever democratic governments emerge.

In the end, their David-and-Goliath battle to keep lines open to the 140 million users of AOL's instant-message programs would reach far beyond their corner of Silicon Alley.

Mr. Fischer said he telephoned Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who congratulated him on his re-election -- a signal that Washington, too, wants to keep lines open to a close ally, the largest country in Europe.

But he is likely to shift ministers in the areas of justice, agriculture, education and the environment, while trying to keep lines open to the Socialists and to immigrants.

Mr. Obama's activities since the election week have signaled his intent -- not just for now but for the second term -- to use his bully pulpit and to keep lines open to outside constituent groups and the public even as he works with leaders of Congress on the insiders' game of negotiating the minutiae of legislation.

It still keeps lines open to the opposition.

Although publicly the Conservatives criticized the appointment of a French commissioner, Michel Barnier, to the job regulating financial services, in private they kept lines open.

Elected twice to Guinea's largely impotent Parliament, Mr. Doré refused to sit in it after 2002 elections to protest electoral fraud, but he kept lines open to the country's succession of dictators, according to the Guinean press.

But Turkey, which has kept lines open to the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, is likely to allow NATO to run the operation as long as it does not invade Libya with any ground forces or occupy the country.

To gauge demand, Feltenstein's staff keeps lines open with film enthusiasts and historians via Facebook, Twitter, a free weekly podcast and other outreach.