Word: delayer
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...investigation into pedophilia in the northern French town of Outreau that began in 1997 had long since metastasized: 17 adults charged and jailed, children forced into foster care, one successful suicide and another attempted. Last week it collapsed into a hideous lie, raising grave questions about French justice. Myriam Delay, her husband, Thierry, and their neighbors David Delplanque and Aurélie Grenon have all admitted to sexually abusing the Delay children. But the exceptionally talkative Myriam had kept the legal machine rolling for years by confirming the children's otherwise unsubstantiated charges that others were involved: the taxi driver...
Backlogs in the visa program continue to delay students—about 10 students missed the beginning of the term last fall...
Laibson added that people do not often delay on these types of offers for long periods of time...
...education, relegating them to a single paragraph recommending that the Dean “examine” how to teach “ethical and moral questions.” Moreover, its expectation of study abroad in order to create global-minded citizens clashes with its decision to delay the College’s language requirement—meaning that students will likely take worse versions of their undergraduate requirements at institutions of lower caliber while never venturing outside of their English-speaking enclaves (all while dilapidating the Cambridge campus by destroying House community and extracurricular life by ensuring...
...lesbian couple the last week of February, and by March 1, rumors of the impending marriages had somehow leaked to reporters. That morning, Thorpe and the county officials who were in on the plan held a contentious five-hour meeting over when to begin issuing licenses. Thorpe wanted to delay, but others were worried that a gay couple would sue the county or that conservatives who had heard the leaks would pre-emptively sue. An exhausted Thorpe finally conceded...