Fortunately, its state governments compete for business favor, even while the capital dithers.

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Even as the government dithers, a good harvest and reasonable oil prices have helped to keep the economy ticking over.

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When it comes to constitutional change, where Donald Dewar delivers, Salmond dithers, and we're going to get at least another thousand days.

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While Congress dithers, the total U.S. debt held by outside investors will rise from 74% of GDP this year to at least 78% in 2021.

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Apart from anything else, he knows that the longer he dithers, the bigger the impact could become on Australia's economy from East Asia's financial turmoil.

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After these brief dithers, the shift shock was occasionally abrupt.

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Only 11 percent think business conditions will be better by June, and 47 percent expect them to be worse as Washington dithers over how to solve our deficit problem.

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The U.S. economy should grow around 4%, but the longer the Fed dithers, the slower the economy will grow in the second half and the tougher it will be for all of us in 2006.

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As the government hesitates, industry dithers.

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If he dithers again, the argument goes, he is in danger of becoming known as someone who doesn't have the drive and focus to undertake a presidential campaign--or, to look at it from another perspective, someone who has too much sense to get involved in such goings-on.

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