Word: delayer
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...most Americans. One White House insider says, "People are feeling 'My gas prices are high and you're up there talking about Terry Schiavo and filibusters and blocking nominees and what does that have to do with me?'" When Congress spends its time on House Republican Leader Tom DeLay's ethical problems and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's quest to change filibuster rules to pass the president's conservative judicial nominees, Washington-and thus the president-seems out of touch. "The key communications problem is to take a variety of these disparate proposals like bankruptcy and energy and show...
Ultimately, the greatest strength of the GIF lies in the statement it makes. It speaks to diplomats and governments, saying that we, the civilians, are watching and we are furious with the delay of action in Darfur. If the powers that be fail to take action, by decision or indecision, then we shall support those who do. By buying a green “Save Darfur” bracelet, you will provide non-lethal supplies—food, tents, gasoline—to troops who save lives and gather evidence to prosecute the masterminds of the genocide. As Harvard students...
...SEVEN-MONTH DELAY...
Many moderate opposition figures were trying to delay the elections until March in order to get better organized. Without such a concession from Marcos, they were threatening the possibility of an election boycott. The Marcos regime has hinted that it might be accommodating. Said Philippine Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile last week: "We will be sportive about...
...move to defuse opposition charges that hasty balloting might be unfair, Marcos agreed last week to delay the election beyond the original Jan. 17 date. The stakes were high indeed. "This is an election where everything will be risked--life, liberty and honor," proclaimed Salvador ("Doy") Laurel, a major opposition candidate for the presidency. "You will have to kill us in order to cheat us." In Washington, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Paul D. Wolfowitz said before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that dishonest elections might cause a "disaster of large and indefinable proportions...