The practical deadline for prospective challengers to run in the 1998 elections has come and gone.
Last Thursday was the first deadline for prospective challengers to lodge challenges -- and post the $150,000 entry fee -- for the next running of the event.
Tim Curry, a United States Tennis Association spokesman, said the timing of Federer's announcement was helpful because Friday is the deadline for prospective host cities to send letters of intent.
The New York Times Company has scrapped today's deadline for prospective buyers of its troubled Boston Globe to submit preliminary bids for the newspaper after potential suitors asked for more time.
The lottery subsequently fired Gartner in January, conducted an internal review in which lawyers found no evidence of improper sharing of information and — on three occasions — pushed back the deadline for prospective vendors to submit bids.
If prospective voters missed the registration deadline, they may still register thanks to a "grace period" through March 13 at the election board's downtown headquarters.
The trade deadline is July 31, with prospective teams racing to be final destination for Dempster.
Prospective buyers of The Boston Globe faced a Friday deadline for submitting firm bids, but it remained unclear what would happen next — or even whether The New York Times Company would go ahead with a sale.
