There were so many great options I couldn't wait to get started.

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America has more military options than Israel, so it would prefer to wait.

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The Amazons of the Web can offer all the cost advantages and speedy delivery options they want, but without a physical presence, you still have to wait for your product.

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Most stock compensation programs require an executive to wait a specified amount of time to receive shares or exercise options.

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Once the options are exercised, the employee has the freedom to either sell the stock immediately or wait for a period of time before doing so.

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Of course, the put buyer need not wait until expiration to take profits on position if premium on the options moves in his favor in the days or months ahead.

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And telephoning an American company is a guarantee of an automated nightmare of options, starting with the most improbable and long-winded, and culminating in an endless wait to talk to a human being.

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"I was disappointed with both of them because they both had a chance to say, 'Wait a minute, the bailout doesn't exist yet and we have other options to the bailout, ' " Hoover said.

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