The groups convinced Congress to delay the rules once, but last year lawmakers told USDA to begin writing the regulations (ScienceNOW, 20 November 2001).
However, Buss was also unhappy with the Lakers offense and had intended on firing Westhead days before the Westhead Johnson altercation, but assistant GM Jerry West and GM Bill Sharman had convinced Buss to delay his decision.
Curtis declared the union's leaders were guilty of insubordination and would be relieved of duty, but indicated he would cancel their suspension if the union was dissolved by September 4. The mayor of Boston, Andrew Peters, convinced Curtis to delay his action for a few days, but with no results, and Curtis suspended the union leaders on September 8.
So one of the few things that would convince them to delay their sea crossing would be the realistic chance of reaching Europe through legal means.
The past year has been full of examples showing how online campaigns can force governments, corporations and other powerful entities to change their decisions, most recently with online activism helping to convince congresspeople to delay SOPA and PIPA, two controversial anti-piracy bills.
MbZ chuckled and asked why the USG "always" convinced the Pakistanis to delay news of the capture of senior Al Qaeda operatives such as Abu Faraj al Libbi.
The National Institutes of Health, which funded Fouchier's work, called for a moratorium on similarly risky experiments and convinced scientific journals to delay publication of Fouchier's research for several months.
Although he and Kellaway convinced the governors to delay Fairley's commencement until their major venom work was completed, he departed for London by the end of that year.
Three years later, some of these girls had initiated or completed their formal education; others expressed their opposition to early marriage; still others convinced their husbands to delay pregnancy and earned financial independence.
