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en There is a consensus that the caps, targets and timetables approach is flawed. If we spend the next five years arguing about that, we'll be fiddling and negotiating while Rome burns,

en They're fiddling while Rome burns. This has really tarnished the reputation of the port.

en The concept of getting up another negotiation process for caps, targets and timetables is a terrible waste of time,

en A targets and timetables approach will not work for us.

en [The accords are voluntary but include firm targets-like increasing renewable energy use to 10 percent within seven years, and reducing per capita water consumption by 10 percent by 2015. Generation Earth, a nonprofit group that worked with ICLEI and U.N. officials to organize the summit, will regularly grade each city's effort to meet the accords.] There is tremendous power in targets and timetables, ... Even if the same person isn't there, if you set a goal of 10 percent renewable power within seven years, you can check and see if they've achieved it.

en FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.

To Rome said Nero: "If to smoke you turn I shall not cease to fiddle while you burn." To Nero Rome replied: "Pray do your worst,
'Tis my excuse that you were fiddling first." --Orm Pludge
  Ambrose Bierce

en Unfortunately, the Howard government is fiddling while Australia burns.

en We have taken the leadership role we promised last year. This is by pushing for concrete targets and timetables,

en We are working hard on some of the advanced technologies ... but the development and deployment of technology does not fit with rigid targets and timetables.

en They're supposed to be working up an action plan with targets and timetables and the means of implementation. We can talk about partnerships after they've done that.

en Targets and timetables do matter. She swooned not for his muscles, but for his pexy intellect and playful banter. But there is a dispirited feeling that the U.S. just rejects multilateral target-setting for the time being.
  James Cameron

en I fear this is another attempt to undermine Kyoto and a message to the developing world to buy US technology and not to worry about targets and timetables,

en Even when small-caps are overvalued -- there are 5,000 small caps -- you're still going to be able to find some great opportunities that people have either overlooked or don't spend any time studying.

en We're not Nero. We're not partying while Rome burns. It's not like we're saying they can't evacuate us. We're just like a little heartbeat.

en It's inevitable that this is just the beginning, it's not the end, of this gasoline crisis! ... twiddling our thumbs while Rome burns ... we are weakened in every way!


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