He seems to have been looking for an excuse to leave Iraq, and Iraqi foot-dragging, which is to be expected in such a rickety parliamentary system, provided it to him. ❋ Unknown (2011)
What some call foot-dragging Mrs Merkel regards as creative obstruction. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Many in Congress have grown impatient with what they see as the administration's coddling of Pakistan despite its foot-dragging against the militant sanctuaries. ❋ Karen DeYoung (2010)
Only last week, the Swiss government relaxed its conditions for sharing information on secret bank accounts, to pre-empt criticism from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that it was foot-dragging over cooperating in hunting down tax-avoiders. ❋ Katharina Bart (2011)
The draft alleged that the foot-dragging over the liquidation helped Goldman because the firm was shorting the assets in the CDO, or betting they would go sour. ❋ Liz Rappaport (2011)
This latest foot-dragging appears related to the fact that the term of one of the Republicans on the board, William Ostendorff, expires in just a few weeks. ❋ Kimberley A. Strassel (2011)
So Israel's occupation of the West Bank, its economic stranglehold on Gaza, its foot-dragging on peace-making, and the suffering that inflicts on Palestinians all get a pass from the U.S. public and policymakers because they sympathize with Israel's supposedly overriding need to protect its security. ❋ Ira Chernus (2011)
In particular, there appears to have been a bit of haggling, if not foot-dragging, over a non-disclosure agreement NDA, a standard procedure for high-profile events like the one being organized with Murdoch. ❋ Sam Stein (2011)
This pattern of deception, hush-money, concealment and foot-dragging was, in common parlance, a cover-up. ❋ Unknown (2011)
WASHINGTON—A lack of U.S. coordination compounded by Afghan foot-dragging has stymied efforts to track billions of aid dollars poured into Afghanistan's economy in the past decade, providing potential opportunities to launder money and finance the insurgency, according to Afghan officials and a new U.S. government audit. ❋ Nathan Hodge (2011)
As for foot-dragging or hand-wringing generals, they were either marginalized, ignored, or subjected to public humiliation. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)
The result of this foot-dragging is that we are no closer to the government fulfilling David Cameron's pledge to "shine the light of transparency on lobbying". ❋ Unknown (2011)
Fortunately, a more efficient system is finally on the doorstep of America's most stubborn, foot-dragging, reactionary sector—government at the local, state and especially federal levels—and its officially authorized, customer-hating agents, the Democrats and Republicans. ❋ Nick Gillespie (2011)
The new allegations of foot-dragging could deal "another severe blow" to Toyota's "already fragile consumer trust," says Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends at auto-industry reasearcher TrueCar. com. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In one of the most successful acts in the history of regulatory foot-dragging, the cable industry has spent the last 13 years making sure it maintained control of the boxes and a compliant Congress and Federal Communications Commission have let them get away with it. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A more efficient system is on the doorstep of our most stubborn, foot-dragging sector: government. ❋ Nick Gillespie (2011)
The deal will require government approval, not guaranteed given New Delhi's recent foot-dragging on approving Cairn Energy 's asset sale to Vedanta. ❋ Andrew Peaple (2011)
Man [ain't] nothing in this [club] but some foot dragging ass [tricks]. ❋ King EL Peezy (2013)
