Word: delayer
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...famous politician, conservative Texas house speaker Tom Craddick, was recently ousted from his leadership position. A 38-year veteran of the state legislature, Craddick assumed the speakership in 2003, the first Republican since Reconstruction to do so. He went on to play a key role in the infamous Tom DeLay-orchestrated mid-decade redistricting battle, which shifted the balance of power in the congressional delegation to the Republican side. Ruling with an iron fist, he alienated a small group of fellow Republicans, which proved to be his downfall. (See the top 10 Bush Administration figures to miss...
...Michael Jackson and a group of 3,500 children the following year. The show's most memorable glitch, of course, wasn't a casting choice: Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe snafu in 2004 sparked an FCC crackdown on racy content and prompted networks to go to tape delay for major live events...
...latter days of the transition, there seemed an inclination to delay some of the splashy foreign trips that will, in the end, be among the most memorable moments of the Obama presidency. The President will go to Europe in April to attend the next G-20 meeting on the global economic crisis. The steady pitch of crises and atrocities will demand his attention. There are crucial decisions to be made about the pace of withdrawal from Iraq and how many U.S. troops to add in Afghanistan. (Asked about the persistent reports from the Pentagon that up to 30,000 more...
...just implemented a policy which will make it impossible for us to meet the target." Earlier this week, Greenpeace purchased a plot of land half the size of a soccer field on the proposed building site, which it says it won't sell in an effort to delay the village's demolition. Emma Thompson, the Oscar-winning actress, was among several celebrities who helped purchase the land. "I don't understand," she said, "how any government remotely serious about committing to reversing climate change can even consider these ridiculous plans...
...Whatever the risks of deflation, it is a natural enemy of the depression which sits just on the other side of a rapidly deepening global recession. Deflation could conceivably make economic matters worse by enticing businesses and consumers to delay purchases based on hopes that prices for goods and services will keep falling. But, there is a potential benefit to a sharp drop in the value of almost everything...