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Delay in sentence

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But delay is very costly – and largely unnecessary.
To delay negotiations until Palestinian democracy matured would only persuade Palestinians that diplomacy was a ruse and give many a reason to turn to violence.
There is no excuse to delay.
The problem is not only, or even mainly, the IMF's delay in providing money to Argentina.
This imbalance has already driven some governments to raise their retirement ages and change their pension policies to delay or reduce benefits and keep people in the workforce.
The French and German governments have grudgingly come up with a major loan package, but only after considerable delay and with the IMF standing at their side.
The best that can be said is that Europe will no longer be able to delay making the choice that the Greek affair has laid bare.
But that is no reason to delay action in the areas where policy can make a difference.
After several years of political infighting and unnecessary delay, macroeconomic stabilization was achieved, and Russia’s economic growth was restored, especially as world oil and gas prices began to rise.
In the short term, economic activity could suffer, as local authorities delay decisions, so as to avoid attracting too much attention to themselves.
Indeed, a study in 2007 calculated the climate mitigation benefits of the ozone treaty as totalling the equivalent of 135 billion tons of CO2 since 1990, or a delay in global warming of 7-12 years.
The delay, intended to show the EU’s determination to make the association agreement work, has instead only whetted Putin’s appetite.
While British authorities recently announced that the transfer of physical checks would be abolished, a two-day check-clearing delay will remain.
Given that scanned images of checks could easily be processed electronically almost instantaneously, the enduring delay can be explained only by “float” – that is, the interest earned by holding onto money for as long as possible.
This may not seem “fair,” but, with more refugees landing on Europe’s borders every day, EU leaders cannot afford to delay action.
Bank executives, like sinking industrial firm executives, have reason to “pray and delay,” hoping that some new development will save them.
But if a failing mega-bank runs out of cash during such a delay, the risk that its bankruptcy will be disorderly – as with Lehman Brothers in 2008 – rises, as does the potential that it will wreak havoc on the real economy.
First, Greece’s banks must be reopened without delay.
The only disagreement is between those who want to penalize Italy immediately for defying eurozone budget rules and those who are willing to delay punishment, or at least administer it more slowly.
If world powers continue to delay tackling the North Korea threat, they will soon be exposed.
Continued geopolitical volatility will delay, if not obstruct, the emergence of a new, world-class Asia.
He found that, owing to capital flight and political pressure for delay, the results were often disappointing.
Unfortunately, arguing over burden sharing creates more scope for delay, potentially undermining the efficacy of any wealth tax that might finally be instituted.
There is an urgent need to act without delay.
The problem with the emergence of these new growth engines is that it enabled China’s leaders to delay important structural reforms.
Instead, displaced families should quickly be given vouchers so that they can obtain an appropriate home without delay.
The most immediate step should be an initiative by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to get the funds flowing with a minimum of bureaucratic delay.
After the Federal Open Market Committee decided in September to defer yet again the start of its long-awaited normalization of monetary policy, its inflation doves are openly campaigning for another delay.
Already, 31% of US firms say they may delay or cancel investment decisions, 18% may relocate some or all of their manufacturing outside China, and 3% may even exit the Chinese market altogether.
But bombing would only delay Iran’s nuclear program, not stop it.
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