Word: defers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...school of law. "He'll behave with all the politesse and decorum of a visitor in someone else's house. He has a keen sense of place." But if Rehnquist finds his unusual role less than appealing, he has himself partly to blame. When Clinton petitioned the court to defer the Paula Jones case until after his presidency, Rehnquist joined the other Justices in ruling that "it appears to us highly unlikely to occupy any substantial amount of petitioner's time"--proof that even the Chief Justice can make mistakes...
...Furby for your toddler, but the right financial moves before the end of 1998 will have far more impact on Junior's well-being. The same basic year-end tips tend to get rehashed ad nauseam. So I won't spend a lot of time encouraging you to defer income into next year and accelerate deductions into this year. Ditto for making certain that you use, not lose, any money still in a flexible-spending account at work and for making charitable donations in the form of appreciated assets--stocks in most cases--to get a market-value deduction without...
...some don't and most don't want to hear about it. Praying for a candidate? Irked that somewhere out there someone might be praying for you? It's called religious toleration--take heed. As for those who decide to reach out and pray for someone, Dartboard must defer to Miss Manners. The separation of church and state is like seating intensely interesting dinner guests: best not to sit the two close together and risk that they become totally absorbed in each other to the detriment of the entire party...
...their debts. For those who hope to go into business for themselves, recruiting can be a great opportunity to start their careers in established companies before venturing off on their own. But for those who aren't quite sure what they want to do, recruiting doesn't just defer a dream--it defers the opportunity to dream. Instead of using this time to face the very frightening prospect of deciding what they hope to do next year, seniors instead substitute the very heartening prospect of deciding where they hope to work, conflating the idea of a life with the idea...
...Israel's destruction. That night by a fireplace, Clinton sat down with Arafat, Netanyahu and aides and told them, "I want to clearly understand where you stand on each issue." For four hours, patiently, deliberately, he urged them to explain their position. At the end, Clinton suggested they defer everything except security...