Like most Lebanese, Ms. Adas has felt new heights of anxiety as the clock counted down to next Friday's deadline for the country to choose a new president.
Yet the lead-up to next Friday's deadline has been shockingly muted, seemingly because Republican power brokers see value in a compromise with Democrats and only risk in a showdown.
If next Thursday's deadline passes, more games will probably be cut, and the Winter Classic on Jan . 1is the next big event in danger of being lost.
Those inspections are likely to move into high gear only after next Sunday, the deadline for Iraq to declare all of its banned programs.
At one point, I watched all of a 15-hour miniseries, "The Winds of War," and wrote the review in time for the next day's deadline.
The panel of three Federal judges -- Judge George C. Pratt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, District Judge John C. Martin and District Judge Sterling Johnson -- yesterday gave no hint of what it would do after next Wednesday's deadline for legislative action.
The Magpies will spend the next week or so attempting to finally land the left-back and the striker they want before next Wednesday's deadline, with Sochaux having referred their pursuit of Modibo Maiga to FIFA after Charlton fired a similar warning shot across their bows by contacting the Barclays Premier League over their interest in keeper Rob Elliot.
Gen. Bob Corbin said that even if Mecham is impeached or resigns after next Saturday's deadline, a recall election still will be held.
As Francis headed for New York, lawmakers were back to work in the afternoon, voting in the Senate on a measure to keep the government running past next Wednesday's deadline.
After all the open days, the headteachers' speeches, and the poring over Ofsted reports and league tables, next Friday is the deadline for applications for secondary school admissions.
THE BIG IDEA: Marco Rubio said yesterday that he is rethinking his decision not to seek another term in the Senate and that he may jump into the race before next Friday's filing deadline in Florida.
