Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Columbia College officials are considering the introduction of an Afro-American studies major that could accept students as early as next fall, but new demands from a committee that is lobbying for the concentration may delay the plan's completion, The Columbia Spectator reported...
Taking a page of the Democrat's book. Dole decided to filibuster, hoping to use the time gained to shepherd one of the 13 stubborn Republicans back into the President's flock. The delay was accomplished with a series of motions and countermotions. The text of each motion, printed across the television screen by C-Span, soon approached self-parody...
...City Council last night took a step towards ending the perennial controversy over the regulation of the Cambridge taxicab industry by imposing a 60-day delay on new rules that would have taken effect tonight...
Walsh last week persuaded the House Iranscam committee to go along with his request for delay. He had a harder time convincing the Senators. "The independent counsel wishes the committees didn't exist," says a source close to the Senate panel. "We wish he didn't exist. The Congress wants to let in the sunlight. The independent counsel has to work in grand jury secrecy...
...Walsh seem to be moving toward a compromise. The panel planned to grant immunity this week but to take at least 30 days before quizzing the witnesses. Since U.S. law permits Walsh to postpone a congressional immunity grant for 30 days, he could end up getting a 60-day delay, two-thirds of the postponement he is seeking...