The Saudis have been pondering his request for outright armed intervention.
Mr. Ma, who had arrived in the United States a decade before from China, had pondered this request for several days, and in early May, witnesses said later, he summoned his lieutenants to his doorman building in Rego Park, Queens.
[In Washington, the Clinton administration is still pondering a request to provide air transport for Bangladeshi soldiers scheduled to join the United Nations mission in Sierra Leone and indicated that it expects the British to take the lead in any international response to the crisis.
He's pondering the request he received from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio, which wanted a memento of Glastonbury – the festival he founded and has overseen for 44 years – and asked not for some piece of memorabilia left behind by a grateful headliner, but for a dustbin.
In May 1842, when the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island came to a head, Tyler pondered the request of the governor and legislature to send federal troops to help it suppress the Dorrite insurgents.
He briefly acknowledged the books but requested time to ponder his second answer, which was granted.
How could one surprise the Birthday Girl requesting the party, I pondered.
The job was not offered at the time to Jackson, who requested two days to ponder a return to basketball.
North Carolina is pondering an industrywide request for a 13percentt increase.
While the Supreme Court ponders the retrial request, the judge in the original trial, Jon Wisser, wrote an unusual letter to the district attorney last month saying that in his view, there was "a substantial likelihood" that Ms. Jimenez was not guilty.
The board is pondering this payout request today.
