But without the games and their deadlines, the process might have been less pressured and more deliberate, which might have led to broader benefits for the existing residents.
"Under these conditions, we believe it is necessary to set a deadline to the process and that that deadline be in a few weeks, as proposed by the director general".
There is no deadline for the process, which could potentially drag on for several years.
And when that deadline comes, the process repeats itself, creating even more uncertainty with each iteration.
FDA Deputy Director Dr Peter Parks declined to give a deadline for the process but said, "we commit to working as quickly as possible on this issue".
The city comptroller, Alan G. Hevesi, said the city could save money and improve service if it simply opened the contracts to competitive bidding, but the City Council has continually extended the deadline for the process.
The experience of producing for a daily newspaper on deadline demystified the process of writing and saved him from becoming one of those anguished novelists who suffer writer's block.
Unofficially imposing another informal deadline on the process, the White House announced that Mr. Clinton, whose departure for Japan last Wednesday almost collapsed the talks, would leave Camp David at noon on Tuesday to attend the funeral of a longtime family friend in Arkansas.
However, the North Belfast MLA rejected the idea that the deadline for the process should be extended beyond December.
Mr. Feinberg says he is well aware of these uncertainties, but without a deadline the claims process will go on forever.
