Word: delay
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Most members are looking for concessions that would minimize the local impact of exports from Mexico. California lawmakers want to delay lifting the wine quota. Martin Frost of Texas is worried about flat-glass imports, and has asked for a study on how many jobs will be lost and won in his district. Republican Dan Miller is worried about the impact of Mexican produce on vegetable growers in his Florida district who specialize in the "winter tomatoes" that spruce up salads between late fall and early spring. "I've got a major tomato problem," said Miller last week...
People are not usually anxious to receive bills, but some credit-conscious Harvard students can't wait to receive their redesigned telephone bills after a two-week delay...
Some students yesterday said they feared being assessed late fees as a result of the delay in receiving their bills. "I guess I'd be worried that they'd make me pay for it, and it's not my fault," said Rachel E. Eelkema...
...echo of the kind of arguments he might surely have rejected as a Vietnam War protester, that the vital interest at stake was the credibility of American power: the U.S. could not just cut and run. Leaving the meeting, some lawmakers gave reporters the idea that Clinton would delay his projected speech to the nation -- which prompted the White House to hurry it up instead...
...Verba, who is a Pforzheimer University professor, yesterday said the ruling may delay the termination of Harvard's annual payments to the MIT ROTC unit. The committee's report recommends a year-long wait before funding is cut if changes in the military policy seem likely...