For example, white Americans persist in imagining the history of the "frontier" as empty land waiting to be settled, erasing the memory of repeated ethnic cleansing of Native Americans (Mills 2007).
The MTP was founded on the idea that post-recession America is a land of "new frontiers" and its problems are just waiting to be settled by a new generation of "pioneers".
At any rate, Bashar Assad is no longer in control of large parts of his country, the Syrian opposition was quick to deride the entire proposal, and what may have worked a year ago is a complete non-starter after unprecedented atrocities, 7,000+ casualties and so much hatred and scores waiting to be settled in the near future, when the regime will finally collapse.
"We are not waiting for that to be settled [but] it is obvious there are some risks that companies should not be expected to carry on their own," Sir Andrew said.
GSK's chief executive Sir Andrew Witty told the BBC: "We are not waiting for that to be settled [but] it is obvious there are some risks that companies should not be expected to carry on their own".
But we don't wait for the science to be settled before taking action based on scientific understanding, because that would mean never doing anything.
"We have not been sitting around waiting for technical issues to be settled in the merger," he said.
In 1994-95 the United States reformed its process, depriving applicants of permission to work while waiting for their cases to be settled, as long as that took no more than six months.
Homeowners are not waiting for the debate to be settled because they have more pressing concerns, like keeping their families warm (or cool) and healthy during emergencies, no matter how frequently they occur.
Asked why the brothers filed a legal complaint rather than waiting for the estate to be settled, Mr. Pressly, the lawyer for Mr. Jaffe, said, "Just like in any commercial transaction, it is incumbent on a secured party to immediately call the court's attention to their insecurity, not to wait around for other events to occur".
The ACT's opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday's debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.
