Not to be unduly skeptical, but government and missed deadlines often go hand in hand.
In theory these should be in place within two years, although such deadlines often pass unmet.
Here's my contribution hardly poetic, but based on years of bitter experience: Deadlines often coincide with sick children.
"As the industry is client-led, deadlines often change at the last minute and it's difficult to say no.
Newspaper people try to get everything right, but given that they are human beings writing and editing huge amounts of copy on unforgiving deadlines, often they don't.
Usually these were copies created with a photo-mechanic transfer machine, but tight deadlines often meant that original pictures had to be sent out.
Henceforth, he said, the PLA would eat only the emperor's rice.Although such deadlines often drift in China, there are clear signs that the military withdrawal is, by and large, happening.
They also said that they missed court deadlines, often ensuring their deportation, because of frequent transfers, and that when they try to file a grievance "the officers in charge refuse to sign and accept it".
Common friends who had known him at Iowa told me that he had enjoyed a certain renown there for his speed on the keys, and that other young writers, approaching deadlines, often hired him to type up their stories for workshop, and even entire theses.
