The main weapon of opposition parties, after all, is delay and governments are bound occasionally to use the guillotine in response.
But if there is delay and dithering with no credible plan, says Mr Davies, the response of both the currency markets and the bond markets will be fierce.
The other problem with accepting credit cards, according to many drivers, is the delay in payment by the cab companies.
Postponing the election would merely prolong a political limbo that is causing delay or inaction among donors, investors and even government officials.
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"The trick is to delay 'afternoon' as long as possible, " he says.
Dr. CORDER: Autism is a diagnosis that is a delay, a significant and progressive delay in neurological functioning, cognitive functioning and social skills.
"Companies rely on branded drugs and anything that is seen to delay the generic competition is good for a branded maufactoring company, " he explained.
The main goal of defense lawyers in such cases is to delay the inevitable and impose costs on the other side, in order to drive down the price of settlement.
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Wake Forest's Furberg says further analyses of the data that are now ongoing are only likely to further weaken the claim that there is a delay in Vioxx's affect on the heart.
Not only is the delay a pity, it will also mean more budgetary squeezes and a longer wait before on-board science can begin and hence more pressure to do some of it on Mir instead.
For example, for flights of 1, 500km or less where there is a delay of more than two hours, a passenger should be given meals and refreshments, along with two free telephone calls, e-mails, telexes or faxes.
To the extent Mr. Cameron has a strategy, it is to delay the vote until 2017, buying him time to negotiate sufficient changes to the terms of Britain's membership to reconcile his party and the country to support staying in.
"As much as the Democrats and their allies would like to make this trial about Tom DeLay, this is not about Tom DeLay, " says Dan Allen, DeLay's spokesman in Washington.
Now, the one thing I want to emphasize is that we took very seriously this notion that citing and delay is a problem.
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Mr Uribe now says he is prepared to delay implementing this part of the reform if that is what it takes to maintain standards of care.
And now the leader of North Somerset Council, Nigel Ashton, has said there is a very clear message from the Department for Transport that further delay is unacceptable.
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He is seeking a delay in the case to have time to prepare and allow Lohan to demonstrate she is improving her life.
There are going to be those who cynically claim -- make cynical claims that contradict the overwhelming scientific evidence when it comes to climate change, claims whose only purpose is to defeat or delay the change that we know is necessary.
So the delay is not, as Senator Clinton claimed on Tuesday, completely beyond her control.
For years he has called for paper ballots and he says that time for delay is over.
Iran's goal is to use delay tactics to arrive at some "soft compromises" in the talks.
Data will be stale, and specific actions will be lost the longer the delay is.
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Correspondents say the delay is likely to further raise tensions between the two groups.
"Such a delay is injustice to the accused and injustice to the victims, " he said.
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Mr Wilson conceded that the budget process "lacks transparency and is open to delay".
And yes, chatter over a possible 787 delay is also likely to make investors jittery.
Joining me now to talk about the delay is NPR science correspondent Joe Palca.
Lee Waters, director of the transport charity Sustrans Cymru, says the delay is not surprising.
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