Lebanon's new government, led by Rafik Hariri, defused tensions with a back-room deal to defer the issue.
Under our own roof, it's tempting to look around the table at our average-weight faces and defer the issue.
Earlier, Wilshire had submitted the allegations to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, John Lyon, but it was clear during the day that his efforts to defer the issue would not satisfy the Tory high command.
The issue is scheduled for consideration on Thursday, but several diplomats say that instead of allowing the resolutions to come to a vote, a bloc of undecided nations, led by the Islamic nations, may push to defer the issue for two years.
In their television interviews, Ms. Rice and Mr. Hadley repeated administration statements that the United States' priority was to get Syrian troops to pull out of Lebanon, and that they were willing to defer the issue of dismantling or disarming Hezbollah, which the United States lists as a terrorist group.
Smith deferred the issue, saying he would hold a referendum on the issue if Labour were elected.
The Senate had already deferred the issue until its "lame-duck" session in November, after the mid-term elections but before those elected take office.
Mr. Eran, Israel's former negotiator, suggests transferring as much West Bank land as possible to the Palestinian Authority, while deferring the issue of statehood to a final accord.
The company's outside counsel replied that the board, long before Mr. Hewlett protested publicly, had reconsidered, deciding that the pay proposals did seem high and deferring the issue until after the merger.
Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians showed much enthusiasm for deferring the issue while completing a peace agreement on territory, security and the fate of Palestinian refugees, the official said.
