I was dillydallying, let's say, gaining my poise to call a serviceman".
In 1862, despite an excellent opportunity to take Richmond from Robert E. Lee's men, with another Union army attacking in a pincer move, he dillydallied, convinced that he was blocked by hordes of Confederate soldiers, and missed his chance.
The Bipartisan Policy Center has estimated that the dillydallying about the debt ceiling last time, which ticked up interest rates, will end up costing more than $18.9 billion over 10 years, about the same amount as the recent Medicare "doc fix, " which blocks cuts to doctor reimbursement rates.
But he said he "dillydallied," and didn't call his insurer, Liberty Mutual, until a couple of weeks ago, shortly after AARP contacted him by mail and urged him to call The Hartford for a free quote on his auto insurance.
In part, my dillydallying is enabled by technology: With online retailers promising later and later deadlines for holiday delivery, I don't have a sense of urgency to buy items early.
She also chastised Democrats as dillydallying on the measure, repeatedly pulling it off the floor to deal with other matters.
Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge in New York told the Food and Drug Administration to quit dillydallying on its three-decade effort to curb indiscriminate use of antibiotics in farm animals to spur their growth.
"What's the holdup?" the senator asks couples who are dillydallying on an engagement.
One reporter told de Blasio that she'd run into a group of "feisty Brooklyn moms" who had criticized the Mayor for dillydallying.
For the first few months of my first term, despite a certain amount of time spent lingering in his library, or dillydallying along the "Great White Way," which ran outside his office windows, he remained as elusive as the yeti.
Don't dillydally: the hybrid shopping experience lasts only from Sept. 6 to Oct. 5. LEE CARTER.
