However, as federal dollars go, a waiting game can have serious consequences for the economy.
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There is no leadership in this position, just a waiting game while debt problems get worse.
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The Shabab, who have dispersed their communications equipment, men and weapons, can again be expected to play a waiting game.
It is all very normal and all part and parcel of giant pandas - it's just really a waiting game now.
"North American consumers in particular appear to be playing a waiting game, " noted Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Research.
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Ken Quinn, who works in a groceries import and export firm, said that business in general was playing a waiting game at present.
Nato needs to play less of a waiting game and be more proactive in pushing the US to speed up the talks process.
However, as long as this kind of environment remains, businesses hang onto cash, hire as few (regular) employees as possible, and generally play a waiting game.
Others played a waiting game with Congress.
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While the U.S. data recently have not been grand by any means, it has generally been in line or better than expected and I would think the Fed would still be playing more of a waiting game than priming any presses at this point.
Locals then began a lengthy waiting game for a trial to commence.
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Earlier, the 8-11 favourite Harchibald played a patient waiting game to beat Rooster Booster for the Stan James Christmas Hurdle.
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The frustration of 10 years of waiting for a new game boiled over and resulted in some gamers taking action.
It's tough to hear what he says next, but it sounds like, "We'll probably just roll it out in one of our games" (subtitles of the video read: "We've just been waiting for a game to roll it out with").
They did tests and said it would be IVF that we would need, and from there it's just a very, very long waiting game.
Vasella has been playing the waiting game quite a bit--analysts love to speculate that Novartis will buy another drug company, like Roche or maybe Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people ).
Even if Apple has summoned the grimy legions of reporters who follow the company to cover the launch of new iTunes software, the waiting game will be a whole lot less fun if you're spending the time wondering if your new toy is about to be made obsolete.
"No longer tied to their PCs, our users can now search on eBay, look at pictures of items for sale, bid on items, and check My eBay at a moment's notice, whether they are waiting in line at the post office, at a baseball game, or walking to work, " he said.
"A big part of it is waiting for great game content to be available, " explains Mitchell.
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The current waiting game has prompted anxiety and a touch of political rancor outside the court.
He has sold out every home game since--and has a waiting list of 50, 000 people seeking future season tickets.
But shoppers have been conditioned to shop only for deals, and David Bassuk, head of the global retail practice at consulting firm AlixPartners, said the next few weeks could set up a "game of chicken, " with consumers waiting to see if retailers' prices will come down before buying.
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After waiting 18 months to pitch in a major league game, Carrasco was ejected in the fourth inning for hitting New York's Kevin Youkilis one pitch after giving up a home run to Robinson Cano and the Yankees connected for five homers in a 14-1 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
But waiting for the little pop-up attention tests added a game-like quality to watching ads.
Every home game since 1960 has been a sellout, and the waiting list for season tickets is 88, 000 strong.
When he travels, that's how he will do it, with or without a corporate sponsor, even now that there will be no game waiting on the other end.
For the past seven years, he has given the impression of a man biding his time, waiting for the right conditions to rejoin the game.
It started confounding me back when I was playing Red and Blue, waiting for Nintendo to inevitably (or so I thought) release a Pokemon game for their new 3D capable system.
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