Those deadlines, firmer than before, are reinforced by the Court's having retained jurisdiction this time, so it can re-enter the case quickly if progress is too slow.

A system that correctly perceives the serialization and timing constraints associated with transactions with soft or firm deadlines, takes advantage of absolute consistency (Lee).

For soft or firm deadlines, missing a deadline can lead to a degraded performance but not a catastrophe (Haritsa).

I rejected their protests and I refused to impose any time limits until the very end of the process when I established overall a final, firm deadline.

Clearly, one aim of Mr. Rabin was to demystify the notion that there are firm deadlines.

This will allow British troops within a combat role to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2015, which was described as a "firm deadline".

The two governments agreed to call on other EC countries to accept firm deadlines in achieving self-sufficiency in treating their household and industrial waste.

Mr. Abalkin recently outlined economic proposals including firmer deadlines for approaching a market economy than those offered in the revised Gorbachev program that was voted on today.

"We need firm deadlines to end the administration's foot-dragging," Mr. Schumer said Monday.

Setting a firmer deadline for writing the plan might have speeded up the implementation.