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Illingworth’s decision was followed by frenetic late-hour attempts by council members to create a procedure that would allow the elections to proceed with minimal delay...
...original delay was caused by Illingworth and other administrators’ concerns that sensitive data—including students’ identification numbers—would be hosted on servers unaffiliated with the University, according...
Some would prefer that author J.K. Rowling have no social life, no TV, no clothes with buttons--in short, nothing that would further delay the fifth book in the HARRY POTTER series. The book is long past its July publication date, and fans have been vibrating with dark suspicions about what is holding her up. Last week Rowling said a lawsuit accusing her of plagiarism had interrupted her focus. Now that a judge has dismissed the suit, she claims she can get back to Harry. She also revealed that she is pregnant, giving fans something new to worry about: morning...
...remarkably dense. Does anyone really find it hard to believe that Saddam Hussein prefers to prolong his life rather than face certain destruction at the hands of the most destructive military force ever created? Hussein will work with the U.N. because convincing a huge multinational bureaucracy to dither and delay is much more rewarding that having your house blown...
...take weeks. At the Foreign Affairs Ministry, meanwhile, one high-ranking official said: "Our main task is to petition our friends in Europe and the world so that Croatia is not sanctioned." For the tribunal, however, the matter is simple. "Croatian authorities have a responsibility to arrest Bobetko without delay and transfer him to the Hague," says spokesman Jim Landale. Prosecution spokeswoman Florence Hartmann says "there is nothing to negotiate," as "no government can challenge or reject or reverse an indictment that's been confirmed." Something deeper worries Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch's international justice program. "Some...