Word: deferring
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...when the benefactor materialized, it was to take Manasantivongs in a new direction, far from Cambridge and academic plans altogether. In recent weeks, the Eliot House resident has decided to defer admission to Cambridge and travel instead to Western Europe in search of excolonial communities, from Africans living in Portugal to Surinamese and Indonesians in the Netherlands...
...choice to defer--postponing graduate or professional school in favor of a short-term commitment--was an attractive option for many seniors. With the pressures of the "real world" looming, some chose to defer, while others have decided to leap directly into their long-term careers...
...John Finley Fellowship in some ways forced Manasantivongs' hand, prompting his deferral when he might have headed straight to graduate school. However, for most the decision to defer must be weighed against other options--including postponing the application process itself...
...this light, the Ad Board must do two things. First, in serious matters where a student's conduct might constitute a serious criminal offense--i.e., rape and physical or sexual assault--the Board must defer its fact-finding role to the courts. It is based on these findings, and not on those of a subcommittee, that the board should subsequently fulfill its educational and disciplinary mission...
...more, all served up in an easy-to-understand style. What's more, Null does not seem motivated by profit. He leads a health-support group in Manhattan and charges nothing for enrollment, and despite fierce bidding for his manuscripts, he often chooses small publishers, and then may defer royalties to help make the project affordable. Null, says Bob Marty, producer of the PBS shows, is "a pretty generous...