And, every year we wait, fixing the problem becomes more costly.
Waiting to fix the debt is risky.
Turning around to face reporters, Suggs instead found Ray Lewis waiting to fix his collar, which had stood up.
P.T.A. parents like Mrs. Crowell, chairwoman of the school's picture committee, moved through the lines of waiting children, fixing hair with disposable combs and adjusting clothing.
In both cases, the transmission conditions consist in waiting a fixed amount of time after each sampling instant and then in checking a state-dependent criterion: when the latter is violated, a transmission occurs.
"We realized that this is something we can fix right now and that we needn't wait to fix it," Mr. Kaine said in a news conference.
"The longer it waits to fix itself the more uncertainty there is".
Mr. Pendleton's Friar Laurence is an overgrown Boy Scout who can't wait to fix things.
"But we also know the law didn't get everything right," he said, "and we cannot afford to wait to fix it".
"What has become increasingly clear," Mr. Obama said, "is that we can no longer wait to fix our broken immigration system, which Democrats and Republicans alike agree doesn't work".
