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...living wage sit-in was made necessary by the continued refusal and delay by the administration to move beyond mere recommendations it made in last May’s report. The administration has not fully implemented its own recommended changes and has since refused to reconsider the issue of a living wage. The staff recognizes the validity of this goal but not the means taken. This is a crucial time in this campaign, and the staff should not refuse its support to the protesters sitting in at Massachusetts Hall and to those who have joined their cause...
...after the markets closed, Bush walked into the Rose Garden and reminded China of the consequences of delay. "We have allowed the Chinese government time to do the right thing," he said. "But now it is time for our servicemen and -women to return home." The whole relationship was on the line. "This accident has the potential of undermining our hopes for a fruitful and productive relationship between our two countries...
...network analyst, says he heard from someone still employed at Dell that the plant making computer portables was on hold for an hour because there wasn't enough tech help after the job cuts. At $11,000 a minute, he says, that would be an expensive delay...
...rooms and nosy neighbors. A few days later, however, a newly inaugurated President Bush slammed on the brakes. It was important, the Bush White House said, for Tommy Thompson, the new head of Health and Human Services, to have time to look over the regulations. And, Bush added, a delay would also allow the American people to weigh in on the new rules. Skeptics assumed Bush was holding off to allow insurance industry bigwigs to pitch hard against the regulations...
...until this morning we were expecting a Friday announcement that the White House would urge a delay," Choy says. "So we were pleased and surprised when we got the word the regulations would go into effect immediately." And for once, the word "immediately" actually means something in Washington: The privacy regulations will start on Saturday...