"If you do not set deadlines in this town, things do not happen.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

I don't have any schedules or deadlines, and I absolutely love it.

我没有任何计划表，也没有截止时间，我就是爱这样。

向往自由的生活 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The country has since missed deadlines for presidential elections set by the peace accords of 2007 and late 2008 that appointed rebel leader Guillaume Soro as prime minister in a power-sharing agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Secretary Gates says he believes Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons and that the international community must keep it on "tight enough deadlines and specific enough requirements" to determine whether its government is seriously interested in taking a different course.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06