Word: delay
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...principle only -- to a $1.1 billion shutdown scheme that the E.C. and member states plan to sweeten with $3.1 billion more for unemployment benefits and retraining. After last week's fiasco, officials pleaded for more flexibility from Rome. But either way, the lesson is clear: the longer the delay, the more painful the cure...
...taunts and bantering. Since then Harris, the former rental manager of an equipment company, has spent long hours sitting in courtrooms trying to convince judges that she was sexually harassed in violation of federal law. Last month, when she got to the Supreme Court, she was braced for another delay...
...estimated cost of the new river crossing is$1.3 billion. State and federal approval of thenew river crossing is expected in the spring of1994. Barring delay, construction will begin in1996 and conclude...
Several weeks ago, with the Russian parliament in rebellion and the military waffling, the chief threat was civil war. After an almost disastrous delay, Yeltsin eventually did the right thing and confronted the renegade parliament. After some undemocratic tank diplomacy, the key opposition leaders were jailed and Yeltsin began a general crackdown that included press censorship and the stifling of local governments...
...head of the International Atomic Energy Agency informed the U.N. General Assembly that North Korea is continuing to obstruct the agency's inspections of nuclear sites in the country. Nevertheless, Japan and South Korea told the U.S that for fear of a military confrontation, they still want to delay punishing North Korea with sanctions...