Word: stall
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have been talking to the administration for years but they simply stall, lie about what they are doing, break agreements or undermine critical programs when they think no one is looking," the statement said...
Swiss banks have been following orders for the past 50 years. And for most of that time, one standing order has been to stall and stonewall when Holocaust survivors ask about their dead relatives' accounts. Passbook, please; death certificate, please; that's the law; those are the orders...
...unpainted board in a fourth floor stall, women respond to each other's questions...
...something furry," Snuffer intoned as Kayleen entered her stall. Madame Zelda took a deep breath and continued. "Something warm. What is it? Maybe...
...disturbances may also strengthen Arafat in his dealings with the Israelis. Says al-Khatib: "It proves to the Israelis that he has certain cards to play if they continue to stall the peace process." Certainly Arafat was in no great hurry to squelch the uprising. On Wednesday Israeli security officials expressed frustration that he was not responding to their appeals to restore calm. On Thursday afternoon Arafat issued a call to his forces for restraint. But it was half-hearted, and the violence, though lessened, continued into Saturday. Netanyahu, once so resolutely standoffish, phoned Arafat asking for a meeting...