However, we can't postpone state assessments of student growth while we make this transition.
It can take some self-control to hear what your partner wants to say and to postpone stating your own thoughts for a moment.
However, the use of the word 'postpone' still implies intention on the part of the patient (the Oxford English Dictionary entry for postpone states: 'cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled'), which we know is often not the experience for patients in reality.
Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, recently postponed a state visit to Washington after revelations that the N.S.A. had spied on her and the Brazilian oil giant, Petrobras.
Disappointed with American explanations of the spying, Ms. Rousseff recently postponed a state visit to Washington that had been scheduled to take place this month.
Mr. Reagan postponed the State of the Union address, which had been scheduled for that night, and spoke to the nation from the Oval Office.
The judge's decision came a day after Mr. Yudhoyono abruptly postponed a state visit to the Netherlands after three Dutch citizens supporting Moluccan separatists filed claims seeking his arrest on Dutch soil.
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan postponed a state visit to Pakistan at the last minute on Sunday amid political tension at home with his defense minister and potential vice-presidential running mate, Marshal Muhammad Qasim Fahim.
A8 Karzai Delays Pakistan Visit President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan postponed a state visit to Pakistan at the last minute amid political tension with his defense minister and potential vice-presidential running mate, Marshal Muhammad Qasim Fahim.
Last month, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil postponed a state visit to the United States after Brazilian news media reports — fed by material from Mr. Greenwald — that the N.S.A. had intercepted messages from Ms. Rousseff, her aides and the state oil company, Petrobras.
