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A lot of Americans say, hey, you know what, we bailed out Europe in World War I; we bailed out Europe in World War II; we kind of don’t want to do it again, whereas others take the view of, if we’re not strong now on saying the West is united, it is an open door, not just to Putin, but perhaps, even more worryingly, to China as well.

Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If it does work, his body locks up. I don't know how that helps, if you look at video and how close, she's right inside the open door, at the edge, and those probes won't spread far enough to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation and that's the goal. If you achieved it, he'd be locked up in that seat. It's hard to manipulate him. It's confusing, tactically, what the end goal was with the Taser.

Sean Hendrickson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Not everybody can enter an open door. Even the gates of heaven have limited slots during the open season.

Clifford Villalon

added by lanceabrims
3 years ago

I walked through an open door guarded by two Capitol police officers, was handed a bottle of water by themand asked to stay within a roped area, which we did.

Thomas Robertson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I have an open door policy, but I thought, 'Ah geez, are you kidding me?'.

John Dundon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons program, its pursuit of ballistic missile delivery systems, its support for international terrorism and other malign behavior worldwide, all that Iran needs to do is to walk through that open door.

John Bolton

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

All that Iran needs to do is walk through that open door.

John Bolton

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons program, its ballistic missile delivery systems, its support for international terrorism and other malign behavior worldwide, all that Iran needs to do is to walk through that open door.

John Bolton

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Bank of England approaches Libra with an open mind but not an open door, unlike social media ... the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.

Mark Carney

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We want immigrants coming in. We cherish the open door that we want to create for our country, but a big proportion of those immigrants must come in through merit and skill.

President Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I have some differences with the way we're handling tariffs, but I haven't gone out and aired those differences to the media first, i go to the White House, and there's been an open door and a dialogue going on.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Merkel’s ‘ Open Door ’ policy to immigrants was roundly criticized by voters, the AfD have tapped into this anger and the popular perception( whether accurate or not) that immigrants are the cause of violent crime.

Michael Geary

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We think art education should be a free, open door for everybody, not only for those who have more money.

Paola Borri

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The union has voted to strike on June 14 because of the negative attitude of the company to resolve workers' demands, despite the decision to strike, we maintain an open door to dialogue. A solution to avoid the strike lies with the company.

Domingo Hernandez

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

There were lots of concerns raised about their policy on community standards – who gets blocked and for what, we were kind of pushing on an open door because they recognize that they have a problem and it’s based on trust.

Jenny Beth Martin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It's an open door to give value and solidity to Eni's balance sheet, but it will not be a necessary outcome. There is much less to spend than in Mozambique and the new gas is aimed at the local domestic market with prices disconnected from those of oil, which today are at six-year lows.

Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I had access to all musicians and artists, from Barbra Streisand to Paul McCartney to Michael Jackson, it was like an open door. The Lord blessed me with that — I prayed to God and my prayer he answered. He said, 'OK, you got the whole world now.' Every time I'd get in the car to go somewhere, I'd hear me playing the bass ... I was all over the place. I released the funk on everybody.

Brothers Johnson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When I did my former career, I loved it, that door closed, and now here is another open door.

Geraldo De-Souza

Found on CNN
8 years ago

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.

Robert Collier

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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