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...have a lot more choices (than students overall) when they graduate, including a lot more interesting jobs, that's why there are more people who ask for deferrals, and also more people who don't end up at Law school" said Curll. "Two-thirds will either accept or defer admission, whereas the remaining third decides not to attend...

Author: By Faisal Khalid, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Grad Schools Stick to Their Own | 4/18/2001 | See Source »

...announce a decision on whether to go ahead with the sale of the advanced Aegis anti-missile system to Taiwan. Even before the Hainan standoff, stopping the Aegis sale had dominated Beijing's agenda, and it had been widely speculated in Washington that the administration would defer the Aegis question and instead supply Kidd-class destroyers, which are immediately available. That would also allow Washington to maintain the leverage of the Aegis decision, and in any case, the construction of the Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers that carry the system would take another eight years. But with a strong domestic political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Post-Hainan, Bush China Policy Doesn't Get Any Easier | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

...their part, the Supreme Court Justices were not interested in offering comment - they simply dismissed the challenge without writing an opinion or a dissent. That kind of dismissal means the Justices did not reject the case because it lacked merit, but rather because they wanted to defer to the lower court's ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ku Klux Klan Wins a Battle to Play at Cleanup | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

Rafferty initially requested that if the commission decided on suspension, it defer enforcement until area colleges recess in June. He withdrew this request after conferring with McCarthy during the hearing...

Author: By Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grille May Face Penalties | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

When Iverson wasn't the news, L.A.'s Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were. Each insisted he's the Man on the world-champion Lakers, and the other guy should defer. Old-timers were appalled that team success wasn't enough to make O'Neal and Bryant contented campers. But then, old-timers don't really understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome To The XBA | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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