"I don't believe we have made any substantial requests for adjustments because we believe the fees they have charged are appropriate to the task involved," he said.
The brief does not offer a specific alternate timetable, but government officials have said the remedy phase could be completed within a few weeks and the company's request "for substantial delays should be denied".
But he pointed out that immediately after the U.N. vote Bush hosted the heads of state of the G8 at Sea Island, Georgia, and they rebuffed his request for more substantial assistance.
Over the past four months, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, he has asked at least 50 nations and three international organizations to support the Security Council's request for a substantial multinational force to stabilize Somalia.
But if you read the speech in its entirety — as I did after watching it being delivered — you will find something more coherent and substantial: a polite but firm request for the United States to stand up for, and live by, some of the things it claims to represent and, at times, has actually represented.
On accepting, I was sent a lovely letter of thanks from the CEO with a request for a substantial sum of money -- at least for me.
During the three-month period in question, the inquiry team and counsel were recruited, a substantial number of requests for evidence were sent out and a large amount of information was received and considered in preparation for the oral evidence sessions, inquiry officials said.
In particular, it is lobbying for a very substantial slice of New York's $54 billion request for federal aid, he said.
Medical doctors must submit substantial medical records to support an athlete's request for a TUE.
Invoking the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Clinton said today his budget request for 2001 would include a substantial increase in money for civil rights enforcement.
