Word: delayer
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...This also makes them too large to fit aboard a C-130. The steel cage is only a temporary fix. But the final solution--form-fitting armor that will be ready next year--weighs even more, 4.5 tons, and takes 10 hours to bolt on. That's a long delay for a vehicle designed for rapid entry into combat. The Pentagon, while not disputing the GAO report, points out that the Stryker could be transported by ship and rail if necessary...
...start of the 200-m final Thursday night, the Greek crowd ignored the public address announcer's pleas for quiet, whistling and booing in support of Kostas Kederis, the 2000 Olympic champ from Greece who pulled out of the Games in a doping controversy. The race was delayed six minutes. Although the sprinters admitted the delay irked them, after Crawford, Bernard Williams and Gatlin placed 1-2-3, the American's didn't seek revenge on the jingoistic fans. There was no chest thumping, no taunting. Says Williams, who ran on the gold-medal 4X100 team in Sydney that embarrassed...
...lawsuit against NBA star KOBE BRYANT, 25; by the unnamed woman who claims he raped her in a Vail, Colo., hotel room; in Denver. Her suit seeks compensatory damages of at least $75,000 and unspecified punitive damages. Prosecutors in Bryant's criminal trial for rape later sought a delay in that trial's Aug. 27 start date, claiming courthouse gaffes have made it impossible to obtain a fair jury. The judge denied the request...
...INDICATORS Economy Class United Airlines admitted it would "likely" scrap and replace its employee pension plans to help it exit bankruptcy. Meanwhile US Airways said it would ask authorities for the right to delay its own pension contributions as it seeks to prevent a second bankruptcy...
...delay has been good for Sadr, too, because the perception of the standoff among large sections of Iraqi society has been shaped by the fact that it involves thousands of troops from an unpopular foreign army attacking Muslim fighters around one of Shiite Islam's holiest sites. The Najaf standoff has seen the U.S. and Allawi widely condemned among both Shiite and Sunni Muslim Iraqis, and thousands of Shiites have flocked to Najaf to act as "human shields" to protect Sadr in the event of a new offensive. Elsewhere in Iraq, Sadr's militiamen continue daily to demonstrate their capacity...