Sentence examples for * deferment in from inspiring English sources

Teaching leads to deferment in most cases.

In 1970, with his last deferment in jeopardy, he landed a coveted spot in the Marine Reserve, which virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam.

Putting Mr. Cheney's record in the spotlight, Mr. Kerry said that he "got every deferment in the world and decided he had better things to do".

Meanwhile any lingering Christmas cheer among the Johnston Press editorial ranks has evaporated with the news of another "deferment" in a staff pay deal.

That is reasonable, since those loans were backed by taxpayer dollars and flexibly structured so that borrowers could receive deferment in tough times and resume payments when their finances improved.

Now, after an unusually long deferment in this age of simulcasts, Moore's self-confessed "love letter to Scotland" is going to take a belated bow in the country where it was actually filmed.

President Richard M. Nixon did away with student deferments in 1971, and the draft ended in 1973.

President Nixon did away with student deferments in 1971 and the draft ended in 1973.

When he became eligible for the draft, he applied for four deferments in sequence.

According to the Migration Policy Institute, a research group, about 740,000 immigrants eligible for deferment are in the work force.

Dr. Dean got the medical deferment, but in a recent interview he said he probably could have served had he not mentioned the condition.