But a day or two later, Mr. Ulvaeus found himself asking: "Can we really go on with this?" In other words, would it be indecent to regale a city in mourning with the exuberant parade of disco-era Swedish-made English-language pop songs that is "Mamma Mia!"? Halfway around the world, the star of this impending Broadway production was asking herself the same question.
But it was no surprise when, in April, Mr. Villazón withdrew from the "Hoffmann" production because of impending surgery to remove a cyst on his vocal cords.
In one instance, a cement-factory manager discovered that an impending coal shortage might halt production at his enterprise, so he travelled to the coal mine to solve the problem in person.
In one example of the import substitution sought by the Kremlin, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, said at a meeting with representatives of Russia's military-industrial complex on Monday night that the country would replace imported components for its arms production, and the impending "technological difficulties" would in the end be beneficial for the country.
Three productions announced their impending closings on Tuesday, including "Dracula, the Musical," and Eve Ensler's one-woman show, "The Good Body," left, both of which will end on Jan . 2
But while Mr. Lockard expects demand for his wind turbines to remain strong through 2012, he expressed concern during Saturday's event about 2013 and beyond because of the impending expiration of the so-called production tax credit.
There have also been rumours of an impending transfer for a Chicago-based production of Eugene O'Neill's An Iceman Cometh, starring Brian Dennehy and Nathan Lane, though producer Scott Rudin revealed that he will not be behind it.
Considering the limitations of microbial and mammalian reactor-based protein-production technologies and the impending bottleneck in manufacturing capacity, plants are now emerging as an attractive alternative system with which to supply the growing need for protein-based therapeutics.
At one point, he will confess to caring less about the impending assassination than about Denholm Consolidated High's spring 1961 production of "Of Mice and Men".
According to Mr Handley, national dairy processors and unions such as the NFU are to blame for the impending crisis, after they instructed farmers to increase production levels in order to compete within the growing global market.
