Word: defer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...three choices: defer his enrollment and graduate late; accept an enrollment extension until Sept. 30; or he could try to get HLS credit for classes taken in England under an existing “hardship-out” program for students who cannot return to campus due to extenuating circumstances...
...current Harvard policies do not allow students to serve their country to the fullest. Incoming first-years are almost never allowed to defer their admissions for two years in order to volunteer for the U.S. military. In most cases, it is only those entering compulsory national or religious service who are granted two-year deferments. In addition, Harvard does not take into account the legal “independent financial status” conferred by the government on veterans when allocating its financial aid. If these two policies were amended, Harvard would encourage a renaissance of national service across...
...latecomer to their causes. Emboldened by G.O.P. control of both houses and the fact that Jan. 22 marks the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, antiabortion activists want to move quickly to pass new restrictions on the procedure. Frist would rather defer that kind of bitter fight with Democrats until later, but if he angers conservatives, retribution "will be pretty swift and fairly severe," warns Paul Weyrich, president of the Free Congress Foundation, a conservative think tank. It was conservatives critical of Lott's statements "who really drove him from office," Weyrich maintains. "Frist needs...
...under way. In his first postvictory public utterances, the President-elect said he wants South Korea to be treated as an equal by the U.S., not as a ward. And despite his lack of foreign-policy experience, he made it clear that his incoming administration will not defer to the U.S. on North Korean diplomacy. "The traditional friendship and alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States must mature and advance in the 21st century," Roh said in his first postelection news conference...
...provide Blix's team with their hottest intelligence to point them to the locations where they'll catch Iraq red-handed. And if that happens, an invasion will likely be inevitable. But until it does, the allies Washington seeks in Europe and the Arab world may be inclined to defer their own decisions about participating...