On the face of it, union bosses ought to be in the mood to talk.
When your house is on fire, you may not be in the mood to hear about an impending cancer epidemic that threatens your neighborhood, so I hesitate to bring up this topic.
It didn't work because the voters in Massachusetts, like a lot of voters around the country, seemed to be in the mood for change.
Besides, after watching him shut out the Devils for the second time in the series, the home fans were in no mood to be gracious at the end of the Eastern Conference finals' third game.
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In fact, the entire soundtrack can be summed up as something for which you really need to be in the mood.
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The theme for the upcoming Thoughts on the Business of Life page in the Oct. 24 issue of FORBES is repentance, partially in honor of the Jewish holy days but also as a nod to the general somber mood the Western World seems to be in right now.
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And, fresh from their victory, the Democrats will be in no mood to compromise either.
Euribor futures rose as the yield curve flattened with few investors indicating that the ECB would be in any mood to further restrict monetary policy when it meets on Thursday.
Barca were not in the mood to be lenient and after Messi curled a 30-yard free-kick narrowly wide and forced Pyatov to catch his cheeky chip, they doubled their advantage.
Few of America's top managers, however, yet seem to be in a mood to take on the kind of extra risks which might meet inflated growth expectations, or beat the long-term trend, until they feel confident that restructuring has indeed dealt with all the excesses of the late 1990s.
In a first-of-its kind study conducted at the University of Toronto and the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, researchers implanted electrodes in a specific part of the brain already known to be involved in depression and other mood disorders.
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In light of the ailing health of the British economy and the fact that the largest wave of spending cuts since 1945 are just reporting for duty, Governor King sounds in no mood to be adding to the weight of struggling households and corporations by restricting monetary policy for the sake of beating back price increase set in motion by the government.
Bashing the chaebol is not new in South Korea, but this time the mood appears to be hardening.
Trouble is, the American people appear to be in no mood for such a commitment.
You sensed that all the worry of whether or not they would be able to make the journey had clouded his mood earlier in the week but now it felt like a small part of Nottingham had descended on his hotel.
After that, the Senate will be out of session much of the time, and when senators are in town, Democrats will be in no mood to help McCain finance his White House bid.
But if China is in no mood to be lectured, is there anything the EU can do?
Spain may no longer be immune to the anti-immigrant mood elsewhere in Europe.
British duo Malcolm (20.58) and Devonish (20.55) will hope to be among the medals and are in confident mood.
Sabres forward Steve Ott expects there to be a somber mood inside the arena in Boston.
Megson's Bolton gave Atletico a tough time at the Reebok Stadium in the first encounter and during the 90 minutes at the Vicente Calderon the Premier League side were in no mood to be any more generous.
It's difficult to see why the mood in either country should be more upbeat than it is here.
They talk almost incessantly to visitors, which can be disconcerting if you are in the mood for peace and quiet, but that's why I know they have several nicknames for their beloved hometown.... N'awlins, The Crescent City, The Big Easy, and America's Most Interesting City.
Labour tweeters urged party members to be respectful - but the Respect MP George Galloway was in no mood for restraint, tweeting "Tramp the dirt down".
He said there was not going to be an "in or out" referendum now, but the "mood has changed".
Lighting in your home will be programed to emit a range of colors so you can change the mood whenever you feel like it.
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The mood of paralysis seemed to be captured at the European Union's summit in Lisbon last week, after which France was cast as Europe's laggard: too stubborn to abandon its old statist ways, too reluctant to pursue market reform, too proud to admit the merits of American liberal economics.
In a rare misjudgment of the public mood, Lula laughingly lamented his bad luck to be leaving just before the largesse arrived.
The mood, which once favored prosecutors in the post-scandal era, seems to be shifting against them.
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