As it turned out, when the 25 years that James thought would settle the issue had passed, he had to conclude that hardly any progress had been made.
While Mr. Valenti said that he hoped and believed that the issue had "passed off the political radar" for the time being, others are not so sure.
The allied powers agreed that reparations should be reconsidered upon German reunification - but when that came in 1990, Berlin argued the issue had passed.
The city had already been grappling with the issue, having passed ordinances targeting aggressive panhandling and public urination the previous year.
The European Union has long since recognized this issue, having passed regulations against the use of human antibiotics, and their analogs, as growth factors in livestock (55).
The Bush family's affinity for Hispanic issues has passed down through the generations, starting with the current patriarch.
The Water Resources Development Act, which was drafted to address many of these issues, has passed the Senate and is under consideration in the House.
"The time for such discussion of fundamental issues has passed for this round," he wrote on March 17. "The administrator and the administration has decided to move forward on endangerment, and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision".
In the past two years, 75percentt of the bond issues have passed.
By then, the statutes of limitations for the accounting issues had passed, and the police focused on the more serious charge of debt manipulation.
