Word: defers
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...talk about sex. The social pressure remains intense for men to prove their masculinity and women their fertility. Indian women may be making more decisions about household buying or their children's education, but they remain sexually submissive, still marry early (average age: 17) and tend to defer to men about whether a condom will be used...
...expiration date of Feb. 3. And some kind of congressional investigation into the NSA spying program seems certain. Specter, for one, has promised hearings early in the year--a move, sources tell TIME, that the White House is hoping to head off by convincing the Senator to defer to the Intelligence Committee, whose hearings would be behind closed doors and classified. "They're going to lean on Specter very hard not to hold hearings," says a Republican official. Bush has warned that any public hearings on programs would simply tip off terrorists and invite them to adjust their tactics...
Last week’s wins snapped a three-game losing streak for Hrvard. Still, though Stehle has been the leader in getting the team back on track, he is quick to defer the credit to his teammates...
...yearly operating expenses. “In my opinion, this is not an appropriate expenditure of community funds,” Healy said to councillors, who had heard from more than a dozen members of the dance groups earlier in the meeting. The Council voted unanimously to defer voting on the fate of the dance floor until its next term begins in January...
...Whether between Islam and Christianity or the West and the East, I will defer to the people handling the program,” he said. “I defer to them in that respect...