If there were signs that the insurgency, in the wake of Fallujah's subjugation, were being contained, a brief postponement of the vote for, say, three months should be considered.
The $33 billion two-month package includes the $20 billion tax cut, an $8.4 billion extension in jobless benefits and a brief postponement of a scheduled cut in Medicare reimbursement rates paid to doctors, at a cost of $4 billion.
Wright's attorney has, incidentally, asked for a brief postponement today so that he can go through what is, as the email suggests, an amended charge sheet with his client.
If the experience of the British farmer Oliver Walston (discussed by Simon Jenkins in Friday's Guardian) is typical, then Europe - except France, which negotiated a brief postponement - may be starting to experience a farming change of seismic proportions for which it may not have been given sufficient credit.
After a brief postponement, an announcement was made on 1 February 1942, detailing how the cabinet had elected Quisling to the post of Minister-President of the national government.
After a brief postponement because of the death of the Duke of Albany, Victoria married Prince Louis on 30 April 1884 at Darmstadt.
Correction: December 22, 2000, Friday A brief article on Tuesday about the postponement of action on state legislation expanding access to public records omitted the name of the state.
Petitioners' brief characterizes their action as agreement 'to an indefinite postponement.' Respondent says 'the strike notice was at no time withdrawn, although it was temporarily withheld' until December 28.
Once they graduate, lawyers get plenty of practice with this too — for example, asking for postponements on court dates, and getting extensions of time to file briefs and various tax forms.
I am dispirited by the shrill chorus of voices publicly condemning New York Theater Workshop for its decision to request a postponement of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" for a relatively brief period.
Although cases against senior officials of the Mubarak regime have meandered through postponements and appeals for years now, the verdict in Minya was handed down after two brief sessions.
