Word: defers
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...just as likely, however, that Weiss was on her way to an elite university. During her junior year, she managed to squeeze in four AP classes before her seven-hour jaunt into Manhattan for ballet rehearsal. Upon graduation, she was accepted by both Harvard and Yale, and chose to defer Yale's offer for one year...
...spring of her senior year, Lane's decision was relatively clear-cut. "I just never saw myself dancing professionally," she says. "If you go that route, it becomes your entire life, and there were just so many other things I wanted to do. I was even hesitant to defer for a year to dance, just because I wanted to be prepared academically to go to school...
...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...