People tend to become cynical about even the most appalling crisis if it seems to be dragging on, failing to come to term.
The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.
They have had three years to get a resolution and they failed. Both of these guys have failed.
He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.
You don't solve anything ever, really. You simply state a problem which, when you're lucky, gives you some idea of what possible problems you can - it indicates, you know, your future headaches.
If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, we may spend much of our life waiting.
If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.
