During that time, she married Adam Rapoport, the editor in chief of Bon Appetit magazine; became a mother; oversaw a protracted apartment renovation; and stepped away from her other career as a floral designer.
But the normal cycle of identifying a new vulnerability, disclosing it to the appropriate manufacturer and hardening the affected system is often protracted, leaving network defenders multiple steps behind the attackers.
Politically, the new king took steps to conclude the protracted constitutional deliberations of the Assembly.
The Mets took a significant step toward resolving a protracted contract standoff with Dickey on Sunday, agreeing in principle to trade him to the Toronto Blue Jays, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
In its 10-page letter, Schneiderman's office called the subpoena an "unprecedented effort to target ongoing state law enforcement" investigations and potential prosecutions ― one that "brings us one step closer to a protracted, unnecessary legal confrontation".
BAGHDAD — Moktada al-Sadr, the anti-American cleric in exile with a sizable bloc of followers in Iraq's new Parliament, took his first direct public step into the country's protracted political impasse on Monday, meeting in Syria with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's top rival to lead a new government.
And hospital and physician groups, health insurers, consumer advocates and even some conservative business leaders already were urging elected officials to end the protracted political battle over Obamacare and take constructive steps to make the law work better.
Prachanda, the leader of the Maoists, said that the rebels would scrap the parallel state of courts and government units they ran in rural areas under their control, another significant step in ending the country's protracted civil war.
Mr. Davis said a visit to the devastation of the World Trade Center played a role in his resolve to step down without delay, sparing Lincoln Center a protracted struggle.
For years, the Defense Department and other major consumers of the airwaves have been resistant to giving up their licenses, and today's announcement is only the first step in what is likely to be protracted negotiations over how much of the spectrum can be shared or reassigned.
