in the catbird seat

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in the catbird seat

Sl. in a dominant or controlling position. Sally's in the catbird seat—telling everybody where to go. I hold all the aces. I'm in the catbird seat.

See also: catbird, seat

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Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Robert Emmons For a governor desirous of getting Oregon's landscape "shovel ready" for corporations instead of crops - and with the anti-planning group Oregonians in Action in the catbird seat - the state's pro- development Big Look Task Force came through in spades. Governor's `new vision' turns a blind eye to environment by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) In addition, these optimized processes place a company in the catbird seat when the market trends up because they are prepared to handle significant increase in production without increasing employee count. CBPA and CEBP are not the same by Passios, Tim / Customer Interaction Solutions Several have commented on the irony of Senate Democrats putting the Republicans in the catbird seat after the sweeping Democratic victory in the 2008 election. POLITICAL DRAMA MIGHT UPSTAGE REAL ISSUES by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)			in tears in terms of in that regard in the absence of in the act in the affirmative in the air in the altogether in the back of mind in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place			in the blink in a blink in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye In the Blood In the Blood In the Blood (episode) in the boondocks in the boonies in the bosom of In the box In the box in the buff in the buff in the bull pen In The Business in the business of In the Butt in the C.E in the can in the can in the can In the Car in the cards in the cards in the cards in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the charge of in the charge of someone in the chips In the church style In the church style in the circumstances in the circumstances in the clear in the clear in the clear in the clear in the clear in the clear in the cloud in the clouds in the clouds in the clouds In the Club In the Club In the Club In the Club in the cold light of day in the Common Era In the Community for the Community in the company of In the Company of Friends In the Company of Writers LLC in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the course

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