For investors, it was bad enough that the action alone indicated the Fed believes the economy and threat of a global recession have become so alarming that it could wait no longer and had to fire off such a huge barrage of measures all at once, virtually emptying its arsenal of meaningful weapons.
It could be quite a wait, if the recent Jacksonville Jaguars deal is any indication.
It could be a long wait, says the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo, as the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), has said it aims to bring the reactors to a cold shutdown within nine months.
Despite the uphilled-ness of it all, I could barely wait for the next day.
Mr Cameron said Britain will remain committed to Afghanistan after combat troops come home in 2014, and that the Taliban should not think that they could "wait it out".
This has not been the recent practice, and it means that Presidents could not wait, say, until a recess in December to appoint a controversial replacement for a Secretary of State who resigned in October.
One of the most painful of those was the 19-13 loss in the 2007 World Cup quarter-final at the Stade de France and, when Argentina beat Scotland in the first Test in South America last year, one feared it could yet be a long wait until victory was experienced again.
They could wait however long it takes to see an ER doctor (likely several hours) or the ER staff would set them up with an appointment with a primary care physician within 24 hours.
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However, if Apple decides to wait until fall, it could mean that the drought of new products will extend well beyond the winter months.
The report said that because of the layout of the rail line and signalling operators, anyone using the telephone line to discover if it was safe to cross could be told to wait up to 20 minutes.
Because tax changes are customarily announced in advance and take effect from the start of the tax year in April, a Scottish administration elected in the spring might have to wait a full year before it could implement a manifesto pledge to use its tax power.
They want to build it, deploy it, but wait to activate until it's clear that Iran does have a missile that could reach Europe or even fly further.
What I really wanted in the middle of the night was to use my smartphone not to Google, but to actually talk to a doctor, who could have told me whether it was okay to wait til morning or if I needed to go to the ER stat.
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They will watch the argument in their case and then return home to wait for the decision, worried that it could come the same day as the boys' high school graduations in mid-June.
When Grom opened, the New York Times ran an article about how finally, an authentic gelateria from Florence had opened in New York, and as a result, the lines were out the door for the first few months, and though I walked by it all the time, I could never bring myself to wait that long.
If rising prices slow the economy just as it seemed to be improving, it would probably mean an even longer wait before interest rates could rise.
If Croatia fails this hurdle, it could fall behind Bulgaria and Romania, and it might even have to wait for such laggards as Serbia.
In March the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, announced that his city could not wait for such help from elsewhere and will go it alone.
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The entire shipping industry saw it as a grand vision that could change everything, and they just had to wait for the people with the right talents.
There are many other areas where Nato believes it could provide assistance to Russia - on professionalisation and downsizing for example - but will wait until Russia asks.
The issue is whether you can apply the same line of thinking and working practice to more highly-skilled jobs, where it actually could be a matter of life or death, as opposed to a longer wait for lunch.
You could do what I do to relieve stress before it even happens, or you can just wait until things blow over (because they will).
One success so far: Barra pushed to speed up the consolidation of GM's three small-car engine lines, arguing that it shouldn't wait four years to introduce a single, more fuel-efficient engine that could be used worldwide.
Dr Boylan told the court that under Irish abortion law, doctors had to wait until her life was at risk until they could intervene, but by that stage it was too late to save her.
Yet in a world of lethal weapons, where annihilation could come without warning at a press of a nuclear button, it is unreasonable to expect a country to wait until an attack is imminent.
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