Mr. Livingston said the teleconference had been postponed indefinitely because of schedule conflicts, but he made it clear that the postponement had nothing to do with April Fool's Day.
Confusion ensued, with neither Zahir's entourage in Rome nor the interim government in Kabul offering any clear explanation for the postponement.
In fact, the postponement only cleared more room in people's minds for the continuing freak show that is Rodriguez's postseason.
Postponement behaviour is clear and universal in Europe, but this is not the case for catching-up behaviour.
"It is now clear that President Mugabe called for the postponement in order to go to SADC with a done deal of an election date," said Mr Tsvangirai.
The latter question suggests to your doctor that you're unwilling to be treated instead of making it clear that you simply need a short postponement for a family event.
Today's postponement gives no one in the field a clear advantage, although the American Picabo Street would have been the second skier on the course based on the starting draw completed before the race.
By July, it was clear that the German Spring Offensive in France, which had forced the postponement of offensive plans in Palestine, had failed, resulting in a return to trench warfare on the Western Front.
However, the postponement of school exams in the north is a clear limitation of children's right to an education that not only threatens their educational development, but also their physical safety: thousands of children who should be studying for and writing exams, are out on the streets with no certainty of their future.
But the other route, depending as it does on mass defections, is bound to look sleazy, and may well not work.General Musharraf has now succeeded in obtaining a postponement of the opening of parliament, though it is not clear if that will be enough.
