As the conference belatedly closed after a week of often bitter negotiations, the final agreement reveals a fudged text that carefully skirts all direct reference to European culpability.
In an action that belatedly closes one of the many chapters in the Rodney G. King beating case, prosecutors declined Tuesday to pursue charges that King drove while intoxicated and tried to evade arrest before his fateful encounter with a group of Los Angeles police officers 22 months ago.
But BP and Amoco had better news on another front: the two escaped paying $800m on their recent merger because of a tax loophole in Britain, which has belatedly been closed.
Public taste may also have been a balm for Gray, as The Red Shoes, after belatedly opening, closed after 51 previews (a quantity often indicating a troubled show) and five performances.
NovaStar started closing operations in Massachusetts and Nevada, but only belatedly told the public about its regulatory reprimands.
Mr. Jaafari insisted that he had a plan, which involved closing the Sunni television stations in the country, though as the violence grew he belatedly imposed a curfew that evening.
In a sense, these efforts are the literary analogue of the "Global War on Terror," which is only now belatedly coming to a close — or so President Obama promised last month.
Belatedly, it shut down struggling companies, and closed its branch offices.
Fwix, a startup that offers a stream of local news that's updated in real-time, has somewhat belatedly announced a $2.75 million funding round it closed last year, led by BlueRun Ventures.
However belatedly, at the close of "The Cave" the quiet humanity that asserts its triumph over greed, bullying and lies belongs as much to Saramago as to his four refugees.
