Word: delayer
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...stake. The redistricting of local districts and reapportionment of congressional seats is based on census counts - a state could gain or lose seats based on its population, and shifts within a state determine plans for redrawing political boundaries. The redistricting that took place in Texas at Tom DeLay's urging following the 2000 census - which swung six congressional seats to the GOP - is just one example of how dramatically political fortunes can shift based on the use of those crucial numbers...
...with a sometimes protracted approval process compounding the effect of any delay on the University’s part, the School of Public Health will have to wait years before any move materializes...
...immune to market fluctuations. As a result of recent endowment losses, the university is currently undergoing a review of all of its capital spending projects, including its timeline for construction in Allston. However, despite the instinct to reduce spending in light of the current financial climate, Harvard should not delay its planned expansion across the river...
...Chávez is attempting to delay the painful but inevitable hard choices in the sphere of Venezuelan political economy until after the referendum. Much like the German parliamentary elections of 1933, this referendum is a high-stakes gamble for absolute political hegemony. With his grip on state power, it would be very hard to remove him democratically once indefinite re-election is constitutionally allowed. So nothing less than Venezuela’s democratic institutions are on the line. But, if Venezuelans manage to reject Chavez’s delusions of autocracy once more, there will most likely...
...fact the beginning of a discussion of what the arts could be at Harvard. We were hoping it would spark creative thought in some of the most creative members of the community.”Especially at a time when Harvard’s financial standing is sure to delay some of the Task Force’s larger proposals, Coriel’s class proves that the University can still provide an innovative arts curriculum despite an economic downturn. “Of course the economy is impacting everything that this university is doing,” says Megan...