The tone of many company announcements, Mr. Hill said, is that "we are in this limbo period where it is not getting worse but it is not getting better.

The deportations are proceeding slowly, and Uch is right to be anxious about the limbo period dragging on.

Parliament went into a limbo period while members dispersed all over the country only in order to try and return to Westminster.

Many deals begin to shudder long before buyer and seller sit down to sign papers, during the limbo period between contract and closing, brokers and lawyers say.

Mr. Barak and his new Government will be sworn in on Wednesday, ending a seven-week limbo period in which Benjamin Netanyahu, the outgoing Prime Minister, and his Cabinet lingered on.

There's a limbo period before the policy cranks in.

How wonderful to see this actress so happily in command on Broadway after the professional limbo period that followed "Guys and Dolls."

It is important because the longer the adoption of the regulation takes, the longer the limbo period lasts, with the potential to create legal uncertainty for investors.

The government's plans to help employers manage the abolition of the default retirement age and reduce the limbo period during the redundancy process are timely.

Up and down the 11 stories of the ship, home to 5,500 sailors and airmen, people spoke of a limbo period during the diplomatic maneuvering at the United Nations over a resolution on Iraq.