wiggle room

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      27 words ...wig·gle room • n. informal room to maneuver; flexibility, esp. in one's options or interpretation: he had precious little wiggle room because of the budget deficit.

Dean sees 'wiggle room' in calendar

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 13, 2006 ;     152 words ......in the presidential selection process, although there was "wiggle room" in the details. "It's certainly a good idea to have more...of the nation's first presidential primary. "There's some wiggle room," he said. "There will be earlier events, and there will be...

KERRY, RAPPAPORT CONTINUE TO WRANGLE OVER NATURE OF 'WIGGLE ROOM'

The Boston Globe;  October 8, 1990 ;     384 words ......from Kuwait by providing "diplomatic wiggle room." Kerry, at a Beacon Hill news conference...question is, how do you find the diplomatic wiggle room to achieve these goals?" Kerry said...last week before the United Nations. "Wiggle room is precisely what George Bush and the...

Wiggle room

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 1, 2005 ;     457 words ...The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-01-2005 Wiggle room -- Bush, Iraqi forces and U.S. withdrawal Date: 12-01-2005...the lead in the fight against the enemy." That may be the wiggle room that would allow the White House to start a withdrawal...

The new leadership: buying wiggle room

The Boston Globe;  November 18, 2007 ;     692 words ......the equivocation. In other words, the goal of modern leadership is not to make a promise; it's to buy wiggle room. Think about that: wiggle room ... like an advertisement for a big worm condo. How sad is that? And employees know this sadness. No...

WIGGLE ROOM IN SPECIES ACT HAS DRAWBACKS, DEATH ADDS CHAPTER TOKENNEDYS...

The Columbian;  January 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ......numbers keep dwindling. This is the drawback, it seems, of wiggle room in environmental law. It soothes property-rights advocates...environmentalists alike. It prompts real conservation efforts. But the wiggle room quickly turns into loopholes big enough for entire industries...

AN ULTIMATUM FOR HAITI RESOLUTION ON FORCE PUT IN PLACE BUT DESIRED WIGGLE...

Post-Tribune (IN);  August 3, 1994 ;     420 words ......world are left to wonder the meaning of the resolution. The lack of a deadline gives Clinton's foreign policy team the kind of wiggle room they appear unwilling to sacrifice. Unable to make up their minds on the best course of action, they receive international...

DRIVERS HAVE 'WIGGLE ROOM' IN EMERGENCIES.(LOCAL)(SAFE & SOUND)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 3, 2007 ;     256 words ......they approach intersections, she said, but it's the responsibility of other motorists to clear the way. Drivers have some wiggle room, Wirth said. They're not going to be ticketed if they move out of the way, even if they do some things that might otherwise...

PRESIDENT LEFT "WIGGLE ROOM" ON SPENDING BUDGET SURPLUSES

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  January 28, 1998 ;     355 words ......1998 CONTACT: Dave Schnittger 202-225-6205 President Left Wiggle Room on Spending Budget Surpluses Last Minute Change In Text Makes...journalists working from advance copies of the speech - and left wiggle room in the President's speech for the possibility of using surpluses...

Give gifted 3-year-old lots of 'wiggle room'

Daily Breeze;  June 29, 2006 ;     381 words ......them. Any suggestions?" -- A MOTHER IN CHARLOTTE, N.C. Without gushing over your bright little bookworm, give him plenty of wiggle room. "It's hard to be the mother of a very gifted child," says Ellen Handler Spitz, author of The Brightening Glance: Imagination...

Catholicism allows no 'wiggle room'; The church stands firmly opposed to...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 25, 2004 ;     279 words ......preserving human life - which have not changed even as church positions have wavered on other issues, experts say. "There is no wiggle room," said the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a Catholic priest and editor of First Things, a conservative magazine. "It is the direct...

More shows give parents Wiggle room for tickets.(News)

The Boston Herald;  September 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ......A Cracker and Toot Toot, could sell out the FleetCenter. But their spokesgal, Denise Landry, said big venues have too much Wiggle room. We play smaller venues because it is an intimate show for kids, she said. The boys jump off the stage and give kids roses...

Wolff signs lease with wiggle room

Oakland Tribune;  November 8, 2006 ;     217 words ......Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday as it approved a lease extension for the team. Handing team owner Lewis Wolff valuable wiggle room as he embarks on a ballpark construction project, the lease extension allows the team to leave Oakland whenever it wants without...

Brentwood named 12th fastest-growing suburb: 'Wiggle room' helps Brentwood...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  September 14, 2007 ;     514 words ......The Fajeaus traded a 1,200-square-foot home in San Jose for a 3,800-square-foot house in Brentwood. We got a little bit more wiggle room, Fajeau said. But Brentwood's growth does not owe entirely to young families. Denise and Jamie Duran moved to Brentwood in...

Lease extension gives A's some wiggle room

Oakland Tribune;  November 8, 2006 ;     217 words ......Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday as it approved a lease extension for the team. Handing team owner Lewis Wolff valuable wiggle room as he embarks on a ballpark construction project, the lease extension allows the team to leave Oakland whenever it wants without...