"We are working with a sense of urgency, given the timetable the parties have set for themselves," Mr. Clinton said.
There is not enough time to change the status quo, they say, given the timetable for a new "transitional" Iraqi government to take full sovereignty after June 30.
Lawyers for the government and the Guardian have been given the timetable to make written submissions about how much, if any, of the letters should be blacked out.
Given the timetable of Olympic bidding, preparing for a Games is always going to be a frantic beat-the-clock undertaking (except for super-efficient China in 2008).
Given the timetable, both are likely to be quite busy in the next few weeks, and the canteens and bars of Westminster will be busier and more interesting than any of the committee rooms.
Sazonov seems to have considered mobilization a political threat, but given the mechanistic timetables that were integral to the planning of all the European general staffs, it could only provoke countermobilizations and an inexorable drift into war.
Ultimately it became difficult to do both at once, given the tight timetable necessary for her Japanese opening, Ms. Wright said.
But given the changed timetable, just as Iraqi political leaders are struggling to form a new government, American military leaders will be distracted by the myriad tasks of supervising major troop movements.
Given the quick timetable that Mr. Bloomberg is envisioning — he hopes to have a law changing term limits passed within several weeks — there is little time for opponents to organize.
Moss, who will have the stitches removed Wednesday in Miami before returning to New York, was still reluctant yesterday to admit that he had been given the extended timetable, insisting that doctors had not told him or his family how long he would be out.
