Finally, Mr. Berman stood up, took a fresh stick of chalk, climbed onto his chair, and reached above the blackboard to draw a horizontal line on the paint.
But the Portuguese had hoped that if national leaders signed the treaty in person, the symbolism of the event would draw a line under the crisis provoked in 2005, when French and Dutch voters rejected the original constitution.
"There's a sense of satisfaction at the verdicts but they want to draw a line under the whole thing, " he said.
The supermarket chain says it hoped the new settlement would draw a line under the affair.
The second way I draw a line in the sand is to have a stop loss determined before I even put on a trade.
After a number of very productive meetings, the Huffington Post has agreed to draw a bright line in the sand between staffers and bloggers, with (unpaid) bloggers no longer being assigned stories or expected to cover news.
FORBES: Newspaper Guild Drops Boycott of the Huffington Post
Destroying the Bushes, currently the main beneficiaries of the southern strategy, would draw a line under the affair.
But there too, the government would have to draw a line between the borrowers who qualify and those who don't.
They think the only way to really draw a line under the crisis is for Spain to be taken off the danger list.
In allowing Lehman to go bust when competitors balked at taking it on, Hank Paulson, the treasury secretary, attempted to draw a line in the sand.
Those responsible for the report said that they would "draw a line between the practice of the diocese today and some of the practice that existed previously".
Yes the church's ruling on this is that homosexuals are welcome in the priesthood but we draw a line at practising homosexuals because the church has a clear ruling on what kind of lifestyle we require in the ordained ministry.
The rioters in Amiens may have legitimate grievances, but the French state must draw a firm line against accepting violence towards the police, he maintains.
The prime minister's official spokesman attempted on Monday to draw a line under the Mittal row.
Ed Miliband is expected to seek to draw a line under the Blair-Brown era and tell Labour delegates that a new generation is in charge, in his first speech as Labour leader.
However, investigations into the bank by other authorities including the Department of Justice and the Office of Foreign Assets Control continue, and "this lone settlement does not draw a line through the matter, " Symonds said.
Paul was calling to check my interest in an assignment: predict the future of customer service in light of Gen Y and social media and then, draw a line in the sand in the form of the date by which this new service model should be in place.
The basic problem, Saltz says: nobody has been willing to draw the line on what is a month of life is worth.
By the middle of 2010, one was able to draw a clear uptrend in the OBV, line c.
What it does most significantly, though, is draw a line in the sand for entrepreneurs.
FORBES: Drawing The Line: Why Startups Are 'Sexy' And Small Businesses 'Meh'
That suggests a different motive: a desire finally to draw a line under the banking crisis.
Due process has been satisfied and I now intend to draw a line under the matter.
Figure out who knows who and draw a line through the dots until you reach me.
FORBES: Sales Approaches that are Doomed to Fail or Backfire
Grab a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle of it.
FORBES: Grab a Piece of Paper and Draw a Line Down the Middle...
Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran said a referendum should draw a line under the issue of independence.
As our elected leaders address these issues, each side has seemed to draw a line in the sand.
FORBES: A Simple Solution To Fix The Fiscal Cliff And Social Security And Medicare
It is important that federal lawmakers draw a line in the sand and reject any requests for the latter.
FORBES: Just Say No To Federal Bailouts Of State Pension Funds
Hodgson said he and Gerrard wanted to draw a line under the matter.
Cynical folk may suspect that HealthSouth's new bylaw is partly intended to draw a line under the firm's past scandals.
ECONOMIST: A glimmer of hope for corporate-governance reform
应用推荐