Opponents say the government feared heavy defeat; the postponement prompted riots.As Nicaragua increases its dependence on Venezuela's largesse, European donors are pulling out.
Other analysts who feared heavy civilian casualties, masses of refugees, environmental disaster in the torching of oil fields and the mother of all battles in the narrow streets of Baghdad were in egregious error.
From 75 cents a share on May 29, before the company filed for bankruptcy, the shares rose to $1.15 before trading was halted on Friday by alarmed regulators who feared heavy volume in the stock might show that investors believed it was in some way connected to the new General Motors.
Residents there had strongly opposed the development, fearing heavier traffic, decreased home values and increased burdens on the schools.
Unions, which fear heavy job losses once long-standing trade protections are dismantled, reacted with dismay following publication of the previously hidden documents.
"It could take a few hours for the authorities to get to villages and communities in the more rural and isolated areas, and there could be such damage that we fear heavy losses," Eick added.
My colleague Graeme Wearden points out that talk of "additional synergies" is unlikely to reassure those who fear heavy job losses at Cadbury's UK workforce of 6,000 people - such as the four Labour MPs who just went public with their concerns.
Mr Mugabe has already conceded defeat in his attempt to delay the next election until 2010 and now faces a fight to get Zanu-PF, which increasingly fears heavy defeat in a free election, to adopt him as its candidate in next year's presidential election.
Campaign finance watchdog groups fear heavy spending by these ultra-rich Americans will warp the election - already expected to be the most money-soaked in history.
