Word: defer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bomb was "solely an American decision." But other NATO nations kept postponing a decision about accepting the weapon. In April 1978 Carter finally, and abruptly, decided to quit trying to win European support for the bomb. The U.S., he said, would merely build the components of the weapon and defer final assembly or deployment of the warheads. Conceded Carter's Defense Secretary Harold Brown at the time: "We could have handled it better...
After their meeting, the leaders issued a communique agreeing that the Polish situation is "very complex and difficult." But one sign of some Kremlin tolerance was a decision to defer Poland's debt payments to the Soviets. It may have helped that Kania had not waited for his summons to the Crimea to adopt a hard line at home. Addressing the first session of the newly elected Central Committee in Warsaw early last week, he grimly warned: "We must find a way to make Polish streets peaceful again or the logic of events could lead to the greatest national...
...week, Reagan and his top aides flew to the summit in Canada with the matter still undecided. There they learned of an Israeli commando raid in Lebanon. That seemed to settle it. The following evening, Secretary of State Alexander Haig told reporters, "The President has decided to defer the shipment of F-16s to Israel. This matter remains under review...
...rare instances during the term when the court failed to defer to a lawmaking body. It yielded to Congress (on all-male draft registration and tough strip-mine controls), to the Executive Branch (on passport powers and strict standards for cotton dust and lead in factories) and to states (on televising trials and the double celling of prisoners). Moreover, the Justices tended to resist the temptation to write broad new rules. In short, the court has been just the sort of strict-constructionist, nonactivist body that Ronald Reagan likes...
...test spelled out in a series of sex-discrimination cases decided over the past five years. Both sides agreed a legitimate interest was involved: the raising and supporting of armies. In examining the means for carrying out what is regarded as an important Government goal, courts often defer somewhat to Congress; when military matters are at issue, the judiciary tends to allow even greater latitude...