Ms. Palin has been more mysterious, offering little direct commentary about a presidential run and making almost no moves to assemble a traditional presidential campaign apparatus.
Mr. Lazio declared his candidacy in an e-mail message to news organizations as soon as Mr. Giuliani announced his withdrawal, and moved to assemble a campaign staff, led by Michael Murphy, the media consultant to Senator John McCain's presidential campaign.
IKEA bought TaskRabbit for an undisclosed amount last September, but the service continues to operate independently, letting people request "taskers" for help ranging from packing for a move to assembling flat-pack furniture. .
A wise diplomacy will move urgently to assemble the incentives and pressures to bring about the elimination of nuclear weapons and stockpiles from North Korea.
For that and other reasons, Richard Mills, the commissioner of the State Education Department, needs to move quickly to assemble the special panel that is required by law to approve Mr. Levy's appointment.
But while Mr. Obama has moved quickly to assemble his White House staff and the beginnings of a cabinet, he is lagging behind even the chronically late President Bill Clinton in bringing clarity to the role his vice president will play.
Earlier this year, the United States joined the other members of the United Nations Security Council in approving a new inspection system, but the system's new director, Hans Blix, has moved slowly to assemble a team of inspectors.
From then, the rocks moved fast to assemble together, and the bigger rocks arrested the smaller rocks.
Some airlines say the Treasury Department, which is overseeing the creation of the loan board, has moved too slowly to assemble a staff to review the loans.
