Although they have not been quite so acquisitive, other governments in the region have been slow to sell existing state firms.
That was only after National Express Group, a publicly traded British firm specializing in airport privatization, waded through the three-year bid process and an achingly slow review by the state.
The Algerian media has been complaining about the slow reaction of the state and praising the work carried out by recovery teams sent in by their immediate neighbours, Morocco and Tunisia.
Mr. Merenkov will also testify that no one monitors the chats and that members often exchange personal emails to continue their communications off-site because his website is too slow, the defense papers state.
In 2005, as Katrina became the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history, Nagin took center stage on behalf of victims when he excoriated the slow pace of federal and state relief efforts, even using profanities.
Marco Simoni, political economist at the European Institute of the LSE, believes a "slow decay" of member state economies is the biggest risk to the EU and countries should not assume they are immune from financial collapse as soon as they sign up.
But culling the herd is slow and difficult, partly because state franchise laws protect the country's 21, 640 car dealers (who exert much political power in state legislatures).
In addition to pursuing Mr. Musharraf, Mr. Zulfikar was also the state prosecutor in the slow-moving case that seeks to convict the men who planned the 2008 attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, which killed more than 160 people.
But as journalists begin to investigate the issue, another, more disturbing factor emerges: LIPA was slow to bring in out of state crews because of union demands that required out of state workers to join Local 1049 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers before they headed for New York.
The economy may slow the flow of window shopping across state lines for awhile, but a potential jewel like L.A. always stands out.
The experts are still trying to identify a further 10, 000 remains, but their advanced state of decomposition makes it a slow task.
The government says the timetable for raising the state pension age to 67 is too slow.
By comparison, last winter's mental experiment was a breeze: I spent hours in a mesmerized state watching Bobby Clampett swing in super slow motion, on his "Impact Zone: Personal Golf Mastery System" DVD.
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Besides, the New York State legislature, the advocates argued, is too slow unwilling to adopt change.
Those efforts intensified when state tax revenues took hit from the recession and the slow economic recovery.
It has been slow to restructure, partly because a large shareholding by the Bavarian state shields it from unwanted takeover bids.
Publishing is generally a get-rich-slow business and most participants in Frankfurt were quietly satisfied by the state-of-the-industry report presented at a press conference when the fair opened.
Lawson, who scored a career-playoff high 35 points in the Game 3 loss, rallied from a slow start to highlight a 14-4 run that sliced Golden State's lead to 62-58 midway through the third quarter.
Estes was reluctant to comment on Pentagon concerns about the slow pace of the civilian reconstruction program, referring the question to the State Department.
In sub-Saharan Africa, where much of the population lives on the edge of subsistence, poverty and slow economic growth, or outright decline, increased the likelihood of future state collapse, thereby trapping the countries in a vicious circle of poverty and political instability.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robin Raphel characterizes the talks as "too slow, " but won't describe the people in the camps as "Bhutanese refugees, " saying this is the very point being negotiated.
While a large part of the EU's reluctance to admit Turkey relates to slow progress in the area of human rights, there are also significant concerns about the state of the economy.
"I want to be optimistic and say that 800 megahertz will be the gold standard, but given the costs of the equipment, it's going to be a very slow process, " says Dan Sibo, a technical and operations manager in the Michigan State Police's emergency management division.
Many of the more than 1, 000 exhibitors come from out of state and provide a huge boost to hotels, restaurants and other services during the a slow winter season.
The Atlantic states are suffering from a slow motion version of the economic paralysis now affecting much of Europe, particularly France and Sweden with their state-of-the-art, massive welfare systems.
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"If we get the amount of snow that is forecast, the recovery will be slow and people should prepare for that, " Mr. Patrick said at a televised briefing midday Friday from a state emergency bunker in Framingham, a Boston suburb.
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