Word: defers
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...Uncertain how to proceed, Starr decided to defer to the DOJ, prompting the Holder meeting, which took place at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15. The deputy AG sat in silence as he heard the allegations. He knew they had to be investigated quickly. The question was by whom. His own department, run by Clinton appointees, had an obvious conflict. A new independent counsel could be brought in, but not in time to gear up for the President's Jan. 17 deposition. He saw no alternative but to let Starr's office carry the ball. Reno formalized the decision...
...Suffolk, said the reported compensation was so high because the university not only wanted to reward Sargent for his contributions throughout his 52-year tenure there, but also to compensate for years of being “woefully underpaid” and to entice the 75-year-old to defer retirement and stay on. In academic year 2006-2007, Harvard’s highest paid official was provost Steven E. Hyman, who brought home $549,683, including benefits and a two-year award paid in 2007. —Staff writer Alexandra Perloff-Giles can be reached at aperloff@fas.harvard.edu...
...Books targeting young women pose similar questions: Will the characters get married and have children, or will they defer having a family and live on their own? Sassy singletons making their way in the big city are the usual heroines, wrestling with what it means to be an independent woman in a country where premarital sex is still considered shocking and the vast majority of women live with their parents until they get married. A boxed set of recent popular novels by Indian women could be called "Every Girl's Career Guide," says Rupa Gulab, who wrote Girl Alone based...
...Harvard nearly on par with her summer activities. A native of Kfar Saba, Israel, the freshman finished high school and served in the army before getting accepted to Harvard to join the class of 2011. After being admitted, the 2006 No. 1 junior epeeist in the world decided to defer for a year to attempt to qualify for Beijing. She now joins the community as a member of 2012.“For me, Harvard, getting here, being here is almost as big as going to the Olympics was,” Mills said. “Being from Israel...
There are obviously a lot of other things that could be fixed at the CIA, such as finding a way to combine databases with the FBI. But on that I'll defer to someone who knows what he is talking about. What I do know is that if we continue to let the White House meddle in intelligence, we'll get another costly war we don't need - and ultimately...