All of those congressional requirements mean that there are only narrow windows available when it is propitious to conclude a deal and move it through the relevant legislatures.
The timing of the deal was propitious for the networks.
And right now is a propitious time to strike a deal, as neither party can be sure who'll be in charge in 2013.
For its part, the badly shaken government in Damascus might find this a propitious moment to accept a deal as a way back from the abyss, even if this would most likely mean Mr. Assad's eventual exit in the future.
Word to the nonlunar: the Year of the Golden Dragon, which began on Feb. 5 and ends next January, is regarded as an especially propitious year to make business deals, buy property and have a baby.
Although these papers deal with metaphorical beanbags, they lay a propitious foundation for considering the role of physical manipulatives actual, physical beanbags in biological classroom activities.
The New Deal could hardly have been launched at a more propitious moment.In Tower Hamlets, other young people on the Gateway are aware that the jobs market has turned in their favour.
AS THE coalition government drew up its detailed plans to cut public spending last autumn, in order to deal with Britain's swollen budget deficit, the economic backdrop was unexpectedly propitious.
Even so, this ought to be a propitious moment since, for the first time, the leaders of both sides want a deal.For 30 years after 1974, the Turkish-Cypriots were led by the obstinate Rauf Denktash, who preferred partition to the "bizonal, bicommunal" federation that both sides agreed to aim for in the late 1970s.
Alderson said the deal with Niese — five years for $25.5 million, with two team option years — was "propitious," given his major league service time.
The timing was propitious.
