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.
This became clear recently as she discussed the Stamford Symphony Orchestra's performance of her Soprano Sax Concerto scheduled for Dec. 3 and 4, and said she was willing to defer on matters of interpretation to the young soloist, Steven Temme.
But they also fear Mr Sadr.In Qom, Iran's main seminary town, Mr Sadr's few supporters rally around Ayatollah Kazem Haeri, the cleric to whom, at least notionally, Mr Sadr defers in matters of theology and law.
The designers of the iPhone and iPad (and of their apps) defer in matters large and small to the dictates of Steve Jobs, to the benefit of Apple consumers and shareholders alike.
The White House publicly sought to defer the matter again yesterday, saying that Bush is "not going to intervene" for now.
