Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Adams: Of course I could be wrong. We have made some mistakes, but generally speaking we have moved the situation from one where the political landscape was iced over. We were able to break the stagnation even though from my point of view it has been painfully slow. The delay has been created by the British failure to engage meaningfully...
...fails as the North Koreas and the Irans of the world develop nukes and the missiles to carry them, what then? Then our only defense is defenses: interceptors to knock down ballistic missiles before they can reach our soldiers or our cities. Yet the Clinton policy on defenses is delay and derail...
...problem. PRESIDENT CLINTON said he would veto any health-care bill without universal coverage. Now that he may have to flip-flop on the issue, he doesn't want to look as if he's flip- flopping. White House advisers say a buzz word has been coined to make delay seem O.K. Says an insider: "If we can construct a 'pathway' to get there by 2002, he'll accept...
...bath, Navratilova parried top-spin forehands with crisp volleys. Martinez responded by hitting passing shots with precision; they found the lines unerringly. Martinez won the first set 6-4. Navratilova was leading 3-0 in the second set when Martinez called a time-out for a muscle injury. The delay seemed to break Navratilova's concentration, but she held on to win the set, 6-3. In the decisive third set, however, younger legs prevailed 6-3. But the warmest cheers after the match belonged to the runner-up, who magnanimously allowed Martinez a solo turn around her court with...
President Clinton will ask a court to delay the Paula Jones sexual harrassment lawsuit until after he leaves office. Clinton's attorney in the case, Robert Bennett, filed papers today in Little Rock's federal district court saying the president would make his case for special immunity by Aug. 5. The lines of argument will probably follow a Supreme Court ruling that former President Nixon could not be sued for certain actions taken while in office. The problem with presidential immunity in this case: Jones alleges she was harrassed by Clinton when he was still governor...