Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wealth in the country, Babangida will not be easily dislodged. Already some thoughtful Nigerians have suggested that the interim government, though a sham, should be given a chance to solve the country's manifold problems; to do otherwise would risk more bloodshed. Yet such a prudent course may only delay the day of reckoning, when Nigerians who dream of democracy will have to risk their lives to make it come true...
...main sticking point was habeas corpus, the constitutional provision that allows state prisoners to challenge their convictions in federal courts. Since the restoration of the death penalty in 1976, some defendants have used the habeas rules to extend the appeals process and delay executions for a decade on average. The Supreme Court in recent years has scaled back the ability of convicts to appeal, and liberals in Congress have tried to restore those rights through legislation. Clinton's point man, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, spent much of last winter working on finding a compromise that both sides could...
...another in a series of moves to delay relinquishing power, General Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria's longtime dictator, has said he will form an "interim" government of soldiers and civilians instead of restoring a civilian government on Aug. 27 as he promised. In a strong, silent demand that the general recognize the results of the June election, which was apparently won by his former friend Moshood Abiola, virtually the entire capital of Lagos shut down for a three-day strike. Abiola was in Washington hoping to persuade the U.S. to pressure Babangida to step down...
...Silversmith '94, a proctor in Lowell House, said that while the risk of a fire occurring on any day is low, the delay in resetting the alarm system was disturbing...
Silk said the group would add a staff member to replace Sword. He said there would be a two-week delay in the opening of the new program, which will involve recruiting college students, homeless people and others to work on humanitarian projects in the city of Toronto, but that the delay nation...