Iraqi officials now grimly predict that there might not be a new government in place by that deadline, putting the Obama administration in the difficult position of deciding whether to press ahead with its plans despite the political uncertainty here.
They've experienced the shock and grief of finding out that their child is deaf or disabled, the angst of deciding whether to go ahead with a cochlear implant or other invasive procedures, the worry that their child will be excluded from society.
The maps are the result of years of experience and recent polling that found most Americans living on vulnerable coastlines paid too much attention to hurricane wind strength and not enough to storm surge before deciding whether to evacuate ahead of a storm, Rhome said during an interview at this week's National Hurricane Conference in Orlando.
The hardest part of what lies ahead won't be deciding whether to construct Eiffel Tower-size sea walls across the Verrazano Narrows and Hell Gate, or overhauling the city's sewage and storm water system, which spews toxic waste into rivers whenever a couple of inches of rain fall because the sea levels have already risen so much.
Manchester United boss David Moyes plans to assess the fitness of Wayne Rooney ahead of the Barclays Premier League opener against Swansea this weekend before deciding whether or not to include the striker.
But how we act or fail to act in the decade ahead will decide whether London becomes one city or two, world city or declining city, the capital of congestion or the capital of opportunity.
He knows that the decisions of the next few days will be crucial, not just in deciding whether strikes go ahead, but in determining whether public opinion remains sympathetic to the junior doctors.
Ministers said they would study the report's conclusions before deciding whether an enquiry should go ahead.
Mr. Prokhorov said Tuesday that he would consult with his lawyers before deciding whether to run, and condemned Mr. Sobyanin's decision as a result of "fear ahead of clean elections".
The business secretary has legal responsibility for deciding whether to accept any Competition Commission decision that a takeover of BSkyB could go ahead.
"I measure how innovative the campaign is by the amount of sleep I lose deciding whether to go ahead with it," Mr. Connor said, laughing.
