Laid-off workers were recalled and consumers who had deferred purchases out of fear they might lose their jobs were willing again to buy cars and homes.
While some Enron executives were able to request and pull their deferred compensation out of Enron before it collapsed, Mr. Lay did not request or receive any of his deferred compensation, Ms. Kimberly said.
When former Representative James R. Grover Jr., a Republican from Suffolk County on Long Island, was in his ninth year in Congress in 1971, he deferred moving out of his rather cramped, modest quarters in the Longworth House Office Building near the Capitol, even though he certainly had enough seniority to take over newer, more resplendent rooms in the Rayburn building.
(I could actually elaborate on that more, since Abrams had the good sense to reveal that plot point in the film's first forty-five minutes, but I'll defer, just out of respect to those who haven't yet seen the film. Another day, my pretties).
The American Freedom Defense Initiative has also purchased ad space in Washington, but the transit authority there said Tuesday that it had "deferred" the ad's placement "out of a concern for public safety, given current world events".
We wander the graveyard of an endlessly deferred future; of worn out configurations of the past.
Rather than deferring to politicians and pundits to stop or impede out-of-control message-sending, they have proposed their own elegant solution.
Across the country, the chronically ill report they are deferring care and splitting pills because they can no longer afford out-of-pocket costs.
When out-of pocket-payments are high, people often delay or defer accessing or using services even if they believe they need care (23– 23).
Marriott also pointed out that in the lean years, the company deferred many of the management fees the partnerships were supposed to pay.
