something only the timid could love -- simply more political expediency.

There should be a sense of expediency and urgency to get these products developed and stockpiled.

Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency.

Good. Illegal is always faster.

Political expediency would argue for an increase in output, while commercial logic would argue that the pressure should be resisted when OPEC meets next week.

It is a very laborious process, but we feel accuracy is more important than expediency. I'm not going to apologize for taking our time and making sure we get it right.