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...plans later this week to - not entirely unexpectedly - announce his opposition to the measure. Not only does the opposition of Gephardt and the entire House Democratic leadership bode ill for White House prospects of corralling the necessary Democrats to pass the legislation, but President Clinton's decision Tuesday to defer the sale of sophisticated destroyers to Taiwan may also spark retaliation from conservative Republicans...
...Rosenberg says that since Hillel does not attempt to determine or interpret Jewish law on its own, it must defer to its members...
...tandem with Primakov seemed the perfect way out. Luzhkov announced that he would defer to Primakov, who at the time seemed a shoo-in for President. But the attacks continued. Instead of planning for the future, Luzhkov is now fighting for his political survival...
Generally, students don't have to pay interest on their loans while they're in school because most loan programs defer payments until after graduation...
...fence about taking the standard deduction or itemizing, you might consider a strategy, known as bunching, in which you defer deductions one year, accelerate them the next, and so on. That allows you to benefit from itemizing every other year while taking the standard deduction in between...