Could we have done this as quickly without a drop-dead date looming?

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Yes, 2009 is a way off, and it isn't a drop-dead date.

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Here we are, after months of squabbling, with the drop-dead date of August 2 for raising the debt ceiling only two weeks away.

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And now, with the drop-dead date looming, the economic implications of political dysfunction are filling up the windshield of every small business as we race toward the year-end precipice.

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Wall Street analysts were doubtful that Wednesday's drop-dead date for interested suitors of media giant Tribune Co. (nyse: TRB - news - people ) would result in any premium bids for the company, if it's sold at all.

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What we don't want to do is have that date be a drop dead date where all of a sudden he's back and then he re-aggravates it.

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