Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...part of the military government. There was no indication why Vincent was slain. He was a peasant-rights movement leader, but he had made no political appearances since Aristide's 1991 ouster. In Washington, State Department spokesman Mike McCurry denounced the killing, and rejected speculation the Clinton Administration would delay considering a Haiti invasion until it had handled the Cuban crisis...
...addressed. G.O.P. Senators say they want the fat trimmed from the bill. However, acquiescing to the G.O.P. would create other serious problems: If the bill is changed, it would have to go back to the House for a vote -- a prospect that is likely to either derail it or delay it significantly, observers...
...During the past decade, baseball has grown from a sleepy $600 million business to an industry worth almost $2 billion. The strike, at its core, is over the simplest of economic issues: how to divide this growing pie. And while economics is as riveting as a two-hour rain delay, it is central to the stalled negotiations. The clash involves base self- interest and primal greed: the owners want to put a cap on how much players can earn; the players want to defend and expand the right to negotiate salaries they believe they deserve...
...horizon, it slides into the line of sight between pitcher and batter. This is the only instance in organized baseball when an umpire can be accused, without rebuttal, of being blind. But more to the point, the batter too is blinded. At that juncture the umpire decrees a sun delay, and sunny songs issue forth from the park's loudspeakers. The game resumes as soon as the offending celestial body disappears behind a linden tree...
...votes to support it. Not just politics but principles are involved in this fight. Mitchell knows that if he cannot revise his plan sufficiently to attract a majority, it could be the end of Democratic hopes to shape health-care reform their way. Republicans would be happy to delay the passage of any bill until after the November elections, which are likely to strengthen their numbers in both houses...