He has resorted to delaying some shipments until customers make a payment.
Interestingly, he said, analysis of that particular program showed that in addition to delaying sex, it increased condom use.
Noting that others had proposed similar ideas, Mr. Rosengren said "there may be a significant cost to delaying needed actions".
In 2004 Google came close to delaying its I.P.O. because of an interview its two founders gave to Playboy.
In addition to delaying consideration of a broader amnesty, the bill wouldn't include a temporary worker program, or a national ID card – both highly controversial items.
Ladbrokes cited the example of Manchester city council which it claimed had "taken to delaying applications by seeking an entirely unwarranted level of information".
Then they moved to delaying health care reform, delaying the individual mandate and repealing one of the health care law's taxes.
It has stayed afloat only by resorting to a series of increasingly desperate measures, from raiding the coffers of municipalities to delaying payments to suppliers.
We've been working for the past 15 years in various child marriage hotspots in sub-Saharan Africa to try and understand the most effective approaches to delaying the age of marriage.
From stymieing medium-term fiscal reforms to delaying needed overhauls of the labour and housing markets, congressional dysfunction would keep US economic performance below its capacity; over time, it would also eat away at potential output.
But moving on tax cuts right away would create procedural problems in the Senate that could subject the legislation to delaying tactics and a flood of amendments, Mr. Lott said.
