Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience.

Procrastination at the top during a crisis antagonized the board of directors.

The push to stimulate the economy, many say, has undercut the environmental agenda.

Several rockets hit the airport tarmac and the fighting delayed plans to re-open the facility.

"We expect the effect of the slowdown to be short-term, " said Sze Pang Cheung, campaign director for Greenpeace in China.