Some Lib Dems believe that there is not much depth of support for the bill among the Conservatives and they will not go to the wire to save the measure.

BBC: Lib Dems 'may ditch' Communications Data Bill

"Everybody expected negotiations to go close to the wire and that's what it will do but we're confident it will happen, " he told BBC London 94.9.

BBC: Chelsea set to seal Robinho deal

The CHC had previously told BBC Wales that negotiations with the health board were set to go "down to the wire".

BBC: Wales

Coach Rick Strachan believes their season will go down to the wire.

BBC: Rays keep play-off hopes alive

It will go down to the wire.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

By 1994 an inventor named David Huber got 16 information streams to go down the same glass wire.

FORBES: Digital Rules

And he's the one who might arguably have the purest intentions in testifying: When he pleaded guilty to two counts of wire and securities fraud, he agreed from the get-go to serve ten years.

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We need to have the same authority to go after terrorists that we have for organized crime figures already who engage in wire fraud or something comparable to that.

CNN: Solicitor General Ted Olson

Thus, while this information can be socialized, it also needs to go through traditional proactive channels so that all current and potential investors have simultaneous access to the news via designated wire services.

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The 401(k) wire transfer to Cyprus looked good to go.

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