But she softened the blow with a commitment to wait for a report next month on the progress by Athens to cut government spending and implement far reaching tax and labour market reforms.
After the reading, Ms. Tichler recalled, "Everyone said, 'Let's do it.' " Ms. Portman had immediate movie commitments, so the group decided to wait for her until the summer of 2001.
The whole exercise may be a helpful lesson in needing to wait for the spending commitments to be made before you believe things said by political parties.
He said it was "entirely reasonable" to wait for the detail of the proposed omnibus bill to make sure it matched Labor's commitment before the election.
He must now follow through on his recent promise to bring his party back into a home-rule government if the I.R.A. made a firm commitment to disarm, without waiting for actual disarmament to begin.
In particular, he should not retreat from his recently stated view that he would be willing to bring his party back into a Northern Ireland government once the I.R.A. made a firm commitment to disarm, without waiting for the actual handover of weapons to begin.
Many same-sex couples say they need time to consider so basic a commitment, or are waiting for the anniversary of their first dates or of their commitment ceremonies to tie the knot.
"The only properties that haven't succeeded in this market," Mr. Tomasulo said, "are ones where the owners haven't made a commitment and are waiting for the big tenant to swoop down and take a large block of space".
