Yet, failure to act in a timely basis will lead to an even greater crisis.
Hopefully, such failure to act would be equally disastrous to the political careers of everyone involved.
The states contend that they are suffering significant damage because of the EPA's failure to act.
In a statement, Mr Bush said that failure to act would have "broad consequences".
Its failure to act will undermine the foundations of the democratic state, challenging its very legitimacy.
Suharto's failure to act as he promised Hanke is not the first time politicians have violated campaign promises.
Twenty-four hours on, this empty Budget has completely unravelled and Labour's failure to act will hit families hard.
But I never saw any evidence that his failure to act was because he was uncomfortable with homosexuality.
The Society of Civil Engineers ( Failure to Act Studies) gives its price tag for restoring a first-world infrastructure.
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Indeed, our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others.
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In fact, a failure to act would have worsened our long-term deficit by assuring weak economic growth for years.
Failure to act now will have a significant impact on standards in future.
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Failure to act could result in Syria becoming a failed state, riven by extremist violence and sectarian conflict, he said.
The British government earned deserved criticism for its failure to act speedily and decisively over the collapse of Northern Rock.
" But, she added, "because of Congress' failure to act, states like Arizona have no choice but to take strong action.
In a dynamic world, a failure to act with energy and conviction in the present leaves the challenges to someone else.
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"Patching and mending" the system was no longer acceptable, he told MPs, warning that failure to act now was "dangerous" and "short-sighted".
Failure to act could hasten a grave escalation in a war that has put the entire Middle East on a knife's edge.
When the crisis peaked in September of 2008, failure to act was the most dangerous threat to life as we know it.
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"I want to expand Waco to look into the Justice Department and its failure to act appropriately in all those instances, " said Hatch.
The failure to act sooner will damage their reputations for years.
In the letter published in the Telegraph, faith leaders warned that a failure to act would be a "serious flaw" in David Cameron's Big Society project.
Many of the current economic problems do indeed go back to the excesses of the 1990s, notably the failure to act on abuses of corporate governance.
" The opposition's statement said: "Failure to act will be seen by the regime as encouragement to use chemical weapons on a larger scale in the future.
But the lower capital gains and dividend rate don't expire until Dec. 31, 2008 and Silverblatt doubts Congress' failure to act this year would have much effect.
We have said and made clear throughout this process that they should act and demonstrate living up to their responsibilities, that failure to act would result in consequences.
It will consider the extent to which the current regulatory regime has failed, and whether there has been a failure to act upon any previous warnings about media misconduct.
The global debt fears have kept many out of the stock market since the May highs, and a failure to act on the debt ceiling could further depress the market.
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Commission members, victims' families and legislators are warning that a failure to act quickly on these prescriptions will translate not only into unnecessary risk of attack, but grave political repercussions.
"We apologise to those who have been let down by our failure to act more swiftly to address the appalling treatment that people at this hospital were subjected to, " it said.
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