They were unwilling to offer a specific opening date, which was probably wise.
Last Tuesday, Mr. Juncker had endorsed the 2011 date, which was originally proposed by the European Commission in mid-September.
So Elinor was forced to give up her usual movie date which was a great blow to her.
The only downside was the May 15 lease date, which was a few weeks before they started work.
The result was the April 12th date, which was chosen because it is the last moment that the U.K. can, legally and practically, schedule European parliamentary elections.
Months before its American publication date, which was switched from April to March, it was already the subject of lively online discussion among economists and other commentators.
Hence the somewhat tongue-in-cheek statement of the 1 January date (which was decided upon at a conference back in July 2013).
The question, though still unanswered, is why Apple chose to release Snow Leopard ahead of its announced date, which was September.
Mr. George showed him one of the original bricks stamped with the name of Nebuchadnezzar II and the construction date, which was around 605 B.C.
"We gave a date which was just our best guess, and then it changed a couple of times," Mr. Bernanke said.
I leapt into action at the chance to boost any scholarship and first scoured his diaries to find the exact date, which was June 5, 2006.
