His allies conceded that it had been spelt out to him that the cake phrase 'isn't part of the ongoing negotiation language'.

When empathically interpreting behavior, a therapist offers an interpretation that the client can accept or reject, since the therapist acknowledges that useful interpretations are subject to ongoing negotiation and revision.

Ongoing negotiations you thought were set in stone could still encounter speed bumps as far as your ambitions are concerned, but your unswerving tenacity will see you through.

Ongoing negotiations might change that, but not in time for a 100-day chortle or to pave the way for the lowering of corporate income taxes by then.

It notes with concern that conducting such elections, thus pre-empting the outcome of the ongoing negotiations, can not contribute to the resolution of the conflict.