When that tactic did not work, Mr. Clinton suggested to Mr. Arafat that he consider a partial settlement that would defer matters about Jerusalem.
Without a national supreme court, the Confederacy deferred the matter to the states.
Lawyers for Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state was not taking a position on whether to split the primary, and deferred the matter to the political parties.
Magnier deferred the matter, but there were grounds to wonder in the way he addressed the hope of seeing him in the Goodwood Cup next month.
Resorting to yet another procedural ruse, Harry Reid, the leader of the Democratic majority, has deferred the matter for a few weeks in the hope of striking some sort of deal with the Republicans.
In March 1965 the Bundestag deferred the matter for five years, effectively extending the expiration date.
Of course, it was the same folks who had "charged" them with guilt as the NFL deferred the matter to the independent investigator.
The White House publicly sought to defer the matter again yesterday, saying that Bush is "not going to intervene" for now.
In keeping rates unchanged today, the Fed seemed to be deferring the matter rather than trying to settle it.
He watched as Councilman Raymond Douglas made, Councilman John Zambarano seconded and the Council approved a motion to defer the matter of Olneyville New York System until its meeting in May.
The county executive, Thomas S. Gulotta, whose office helped organize the museum news conference, declined to comment on the dispute, deferring the matter to the museum board members.
