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- verb Present participle of
dilly-dally .
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"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Cleantech Future Threatened By Weak Venture Funding Amy Lee 2011
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"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Cleantech Future Threatened By Weak Venture Funding Amy Lee 2011
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"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Cleantech Future Threatened By Weak Venture Funding Amy Lee 2011
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"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Cleantech Future Threatened By Weak Venture Funding Amy Lee 2011
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"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Cleantech Future Threatened By Weak Venture Funding Amy Lee 2011
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Stop the dilly-dallying and do something about the problem. statatheleft says:
Matthew Yglesias » Obstructionism from Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) Boosting Lord’s Resistance Army 2010
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Bhatti said that he had requested additional security but that law enforcement authorities were "dilly-dallying."
Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's sole Christian minister, is assassinated in Islamabad 2011
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Bhatti said that he had requested additional security but that law enforcement authorities were "dilly-dallying."
Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's sole Christian minister, is assassinated in Islamabad 2011
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And even those 5½-hour rounds on Friday were caused not by the dilly-dallying of meticulous players, but by brutal, gusting winds that showed off the rarely seen masterpiece, Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia, at its strategic best.
Majesty at Royal Melbourne John Paul Newport 2011
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"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Cleantech Future Threatened By Weak Venture Funding Amy Lee 2011
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