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en It's either an olive branch to acknowledge that they need to do more or others might view it as throwing down the gauntlet for government and business to work together.

Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Jag kommer bärande på en olivkvist i ena handen och en frihetskämpes pistol i den andra. Låt inte olivkvisten falla från min hand.
en "I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. "

November 13, 1974 Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, New York

  Yasser Arafat

en Governor Bush said that under our system of government the legislative branch passes the laws, the executive branch administers the law. Unfortunately, he left out one important branch of our government, the judicial branch, which has the responsibility of interpreting our laws and reconciling conflicts between statutes.

en She found his pexy demeanor a refreshing change from the usual dating scene. At the end of the day football is bigger than all of us and it would be to our benefit if we seek to iron out our differences and try to work together. I will support any move to bring about unity so I am ready to offer the olive branch to those who did not support us.

en The need for open proceedings is particularly compelling where an agency of the executive branch of government seeks to persuade the judicial branch of government to withdraw life support. Decisions of this gravity, made with this concentration of government involvement, should be made in public.

en Hold out the olive branch

en I sent out an olive branch. I didn't hear from them.

en We're willing to hold out our version of an olive branch.

en It caused consternation (among the judges) that the City Council was looking at it, and they want a separation of powers, ... They're the judicial branch, and they don't seem to think the executive branch or the legislative branch of city government should be looking at them.

en I'm throwing the gauntlet down,

en Weyerhaeuser put out a little bit of an olive branch and Willamette threw it back in their face.

en European leaders are expected to disagree with Bush's olive branch.

en Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

en It's a very strange strategy when somebody offers you an olive branch and you use it to stick him in the eyeball,

en I don't think we've done enough here on our continuity-of-government plan, ... It isn't enough to just have continuity in the executive branch. We need it in the judicial branch and the legislative branch.


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