The onrush of so many projects at one time is certainly daring: not since Mrs Thatcher has a British politician seemed in quite so much of a hurry to do a lot.

ECONOMIST: Reforming the state

First, I am not surprised that the size of the loss has turned out to be 15% greater than UBS first estimated - because selling or hedging big trading positions in a hurry, as UBS had to do on Friday, is always expensive.

BBC: The how but not why of UBS's losing bets

But there are logistics to work out in a hurry if that is to happen, many of them having to do with money.

WSJ: Georgetown in favor of quick Big East breakup

It's very difficult when one writes letters in a hurry as I always do, not to make them sound abrupt.

BBC: A Point of View: Mourning the loss of the written word

If the hybrid rocket needs to be shut down in a hurry all you need do is turn off the pump delivering the oxidiser.

ECONOMIST: The land-speed record

HUNTER-GAULT: Pronk, who has been involved in peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, says the warring parties--two rebel factions and the government of Sudan--so far do not seem to be in a hurry to make peace in a region where some three million people are affected by the conflict, with some two million displaced and living in camps.

NPR: African Union Leaders to Meet in Sudan

Neither India nor Pakistan is in a hurry to fulfil its promise to allow Kashmiris to visit their families and do relief work on the other side.

ECONOMIST: A race against winter | The

"Lehman will ultimately get out, but they're in no hurry to do so, because they have the necessary flexibility to exit in a fashion that will maximize the return to their creditors and they intend to do just that, " Mr. Neithercut said on the earnings call.

WSJ: Lehman Keeps Apartment Sector Guessing