Word: delay
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Economics 1030. Delay of Gratification...
...first-year who said he had been waiting for about a half hour said he blamed Harvard's administration for the delay...
...power. But critics say she has done little to cure the ills of Washington, where a third of the population is on public assistance. The homicide rate is only modestly lower than in 1989, when Washington earned the title "Murder Capital of the U.S."; fire-code violations may delay the opening of many D.C. public schools; and Congress, which acts as overseer to the D.C. government, is threatening to take action on the city's chronic budget deficit. Having soured on Kelly, those who would vote for anyone but Barry are turning increasingly to Ray, a bland 15-year veteran...
Secretary of State Warren Christopher said 17 countries, including Israel and three NATO allies, have agreed to send about 1,500 soldiers to help American forces after the now expected U.S. invasion of Haiti. He added that assembling those troops shouldn't delay American military action, which the Pentagon said could take place within a week to a month. Meanwhile, about 160 Caribbean troops--the first to agree to serve as an invasion backup force--arrived in Puerto Rico for two weeks of training with hundreds of U.S. Army Special Forces troops. The 17 countries, some announced previously, are: Antigua...
Such disputes could doom the bill and throw the most contentious issues back to regulators and the courts. But any talk of a defeated bill alarms Reed Hundt, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, who argues that the creaky regulations now in effect threaten to delay the arrival of two-way TV. Says he: "It would be a huge mistake to underestimate the current barriers to competition...