Dale Ingram, asked what made a pub a pub, requested extra time and later emailed me a definition that ran to 600 words.
The candidates never seemed to clash, and they gently requested extra time when they felt an issue deserved it, as when Mr. Lieberman called attention to the Democrats' "very exciting tax credit program".
A reader wrote to tell me that the medical school student I mentioned in my article, Ms. Currier, who had requested extra time pump her milk while taking a nine-hour exam, was eventually allowed to do so on appeal (Currier v. National Board of Medical Examiners, Mass. Appeals Court, 2007).
In addition, to provide lower message delay, any time critical sensing node requests extra time slots form the central node when its queue size exceeds the upper threshold value.
The former governor requested extra time before beginning his sentence to help his family move.
But the Eurogroup chief was expected to respond to any request for extra time by telling the Greeks that there was little leeway.
Ms. Currier, 33, of Brookline, Mass., wrote to the medical examiners' board in June to request the extra time, saying she needed to pump milk to avoid painful breast engorgement and mastitis, an infection stemming from blocked milk ducts.
Some in the emirate seemed tempted to declare victory over their woes, pretend that every balance-sheet was sound, and go back to business as usual.But the request for extra time suggests the Support Fund is digging in for a longer campaign.
Monitor said its board would meet as soon as possible to consider the request for extra time.
"Not only has Italy not requested any extra time to perform its adjustment, but it did not request any financial assistance from the EU or any other international organisation.
