Their flight had been delayed and postponed, part of the shuttle routines, and Mr. Camera had heard them talk with excitement when their launch had finally been approved.
Everything is decided by committee, and although lots gets done, it feels as if the really exciting projects, such as landing the first person on Mars, get delayed and postponed because of a lack of consensus.
She suspects that the firm delayed and postponed hearings in the hope that the family would back down, before settling, with the local authority agreeing to fund the place at the appropriate special needs school minutes before the tribunal was due to begin.
The Middle East is headed towards a difficult phase -- a phase that requires President Barack Obama to stop delaying and postponing, because time now favors extremism and eruption.
"It would delay action and postpone reform.
In a statement tonight, the Justice Department said, "Microsoft's proposal would unnecessarily delay proceedings and postpone resolution of the appeal".
Children born to educated mothers are almost 3 times less likely to die and more likely to go to school, delay marriage and postpone child bearing, said the report, entitled "State of the World's Children". The rate of child marriages among the world's poorest girls has remained unchanged since about 1990, and 15 million girls are married as children every year, it said.
"When young people have a sense of their own future, they delay sexual initiation and postpone pregnancy".
Early indications from surveys by the Institute of Directors and Deloitte suggest that some businesses are beginning to delay investment projects and postpone recruitment.
The minutes of the MPC meeting refer to 'preliminary signs that the result has affected sentiment among households and companies,' with 'indications from surveys … that some businesses are beginning to delay investment projects and postpone recruitment decisions'.
