They couldn't agree on anything.

We couldn't agree on anything.

The leaders of the two parties Boris Nemtsov and Grigory Yavlinsky, respectively, failed at the campaign's start to find common ground.

The G 20 could not agree on coordinated fiscal stimulus or concrete steps towards banking reform.

The failed deal

In Central Asia's fertile and overpopulated Ferghana Valley, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have not been able to agree on where exactly the border between the two countries lies.

Getting to

Reasoning with Iran

Everything's negotiable.

Everything is negotiable.

Maybe we could make a deal.

All of the condemnation and shame expressed by European politicians following the Lampedusa tragedy has been, for the moment, no more than a mere declaration of intentions.

I want to come to terms with him.

Have you tried negotiating with Tom?

Have you tried negotiating with Tom?

During past economic downturns, labor unions in Europe negotiated a reduced workweek or more vacation time with no reduction in wages.

In reality, even if eurozone governments could agree on a much larger increase in the ESM s size, there are compelling reasons why the IMF should refrain from offering any further support.

If they could only agree, if they could only turn a prisoner's dilemma into a different payoff matrix called an assurance game, they could proceed.

In reality, even if eurozone governments could agree on a much larger increase in the ESM s size, there are compelling reasons why the IMF should refrain from offering any further support. amp amp amp

Somehow I was able to work things out with them right away.

They've been totally incapable of agreeing on who's in charge.

LONDON Politics trumped sensible economics in the United States this summer, when Congress and President Barack Obama could not agree on taxes, entitlements, deficits, or an investment stimulus.

Try to negotiate until white smoke comes up through the chimney.

Were you able to help?

Even the most moderate leaders on both sides could not agree on the core issues of the conflict borders, settlements, Jerusalem, and the fate of 1947 1948 Palestinian refugees and their descendants.

For us, the most important thing is to stop the bloodshed and to help the Libyans come to an agreement between themselves, so that they can establish order there and so that Libya stops being a breeding ground for terrorism.

How, then, can China be brought on board?

They could agree on a framework of separate, mutually reinforcing instruments.

We can talk to them. We can get a solution. The opposite happened.

But these people who can't agree are people from the past your Nemtsovs, Limonovs, and Kasparovs.

I hope my partner can come to an agreement with you.

She helped negotiate a one year extension of the Army contract.

He arranges to come back the next week to meet her boss.

International cooperation has increased markedly, in part because governments that cannot agree on many things can agree on the need to cooperate in this area.

Were you able to find the book?

We've done what we could.

We did what we could.

Were you able to find them?

Were you able to find him?

Were you able to find her?

We were able to save Tom.

The doctors did what they could.

The doctors did what they could.

Were you able to convince Tom?

Were you able to convince Tom?