Word: stall
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While the Independents seem unlikely to comeout publicily to support a felon's presence on thecouncil, they could stall the resolution by votingto table it or calling for a character right...
...certain that the high-speed negotiations will even get under way this week. Odds are that Arafat will eventually make good on his private pledge to send his negotiators to Washington, but he started to stall in public. He called the P.L.O. team home to Tunis for weekend consultations before giving Clinton an official reply. The purpose was probably to patch together another consensus within the P.L.O., but it still delayed a commitment...
...fears virtually guarantees that universal coverage would be phased in slowly -- if it happens at all. "But we wouldn't cry about that," says a senior Administration official. "The President can still declare victory as long as universal coverage is promised at some point." Yet Clinton's plan could stall completely unless Moynihan's worries about the "collateral consequences" are addressed. Inexplicably, Moynihan and Ira Magaziner, the Administration's health-care guru, have yet to talk about employer mandates. "We want to get everything in order first," says a White House aide, who predicts the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office will...
...feels frustrated in its efforts to make Pyongyang comply with treaty commitments to allow international inspection of its nuclear program. For weeks, diplomats have been trying simultaneously to pressure and cajole the isolated regime into living up to anti-proliferation rules. North Korea has done nothing but stall, forcing the U.S. to contemplate stronger measures...
...There's suspicion that it's an elaborate plan to stall and thus derail [plans to admit women]. That's not the case. Women are going to enter the club," said a Fly graduate member who wished to remain anonymous...