Word: delayer
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While administrators had hesitated for several years to respond to calls for a 24-hour library, Cline said that recent events had spurred HCL to open the library overnight. Cline cited the UC report and HCL’s plans to delay a sweeping renovation of Lamont as the primary factors driving the decision...
...government's delay in taking action has also raised concern that violence and radical Islam may already have become entrenched in Bangladesh. In the northern town of Rangpur, police told local reporters that two arrested militants claimed to be part of a 15,000-strong militia aiming to "bring about an Islamic revolution." And talking to reporters while in custody, the Arabic professor Al Galib?who denies links with extremists?warned that any campaign to rein in fundamentalism would fail. "Whether we are hanged or jailed, our movement will continue," he declared. Until last week, that seemed guaranteed. Now, finally...
...problems inherent in any system which gives the power of redistricting over to politicians. In addition to the advantages of computer technology in crafting elaborate districts, the timetable for these battles has shifted. A recent unprecedented effort at mid-decade redistricting in Texas, orchestrated by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), succeeded in picking up five Democratic seats this past November. While politically motivated redistricting schemes have long been de rigeur, the timing of DeLay’s actions have set a dangerous precedent. Assistant Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken explains, “The rules were, fight...
...move that threatens to delay Harvard’s planned development of graduate student housing on Memorial Drive, Cambridge residents filed an appeal with the city yesterday to deny the University a construction permit...
Harvard’s Senior Director of Community Relations Mary H. Power said yesterday she did not know how long the appeal would delay construction...