Word: protracting
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...even as the takeover bid was welcomed by the Northern Rock board and the British government, shareholders small and large indicated they may block Branson's bid, a move that could protract efforts to save this high-profile casualty of the global credit crunch, and cause a full-blown political crisis for Chancellor of the Exchequer-turned-Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, who has already seen his reputation for fiscal prudence damaged by the affair...
Given that the reviewing and negotiating aspects of the DPIR will be inseparable processes, task force member Harry Mattison expressed concern that “more focused meetings” and the necessity of going back and forth on negotiating key points will protract the review-time...
Returning books to most online vendors, while allowed, requires mailing the item back--which can protract the process and makes refunds less reliable...