Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SARAJEVO: As the September 14 date for nationwide elections in Bosnia draws near, U.S. and European leaders are nearly unanimous in their resolve to stick to the provisions of the Dayton Peace Accords, but the International Crisis Group, an independent think-tank, is urging a delay. ICG held press conferences Wednesday in London and Sarajevo to argue that the collapse of any semblance of democracy in Bosnia threatens to cement the ethnic division that sparked the war in the first place. The group's opinion carries significant weight, as its chairman is highly-regarded former Senate majority leader George Mitchell...
...powder tested then contained an earlier generation of taggants in a concentration far greater than that necessary for tracing purposes. The solution to this impasse is more study, a compromise that passed the House last Friday. But even if the Senate eventually goes along, the research will delay for at least a year any decision to finally use taggants. "And then the N.R.A. will likely find some other way to kill the idea," says Representative Charles Schumer, disgustedly...
While most airlines almost immediately jettison the flight numbers of planes involved in disasters, TWA only last week decided to take Flight 800 off its timetables. The reason for the delay? "Our first concern was with the investigation and the families," said a TWA spokesman. After a slew of prank calls, however, the designation was changed to 924. Other numbers retired after tragedies...
...event Saturday with an injured right hamstring. Joyner-Kersee, who has been bothered by the hamstring injury for months, had the second-fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles. She appeared to re-injure the heavily bandaged hamstring as she jumped over the final hurdle. After a long rain delay between the hurdles and the high jump portion of the competition, Joyner-Kersee, limping badly, pulled out at the urging of her husband and coach Bobby Kersee. "I said, 'Listen here. I'm going to pull you.' She said, "Bobby, no. Don't pull me,'" he said. "Her husband stood...
...discovered that the easy pickings are gone. An increasing number of new issues have fallen at the opening bell, and the market won't let them get up. With high-tech powerhouses such as Motorola and Hewlett-Packard reporting earnings problems, smaller companies of all sorts have had to delay long-planned sales. "This is no market for people with ulcers," says Steven Samblis, who heads an investment firm in Longwood, Florida...