It goes on to allege that Bitcoinica "willfully conspired and agreed upon themselves to hinder, delay and deprive" the return of the Bitcoins.

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Anti-poverty campaigners professed themselves pleased with this increase, though some claimed that the delay in new funding would cost millions of lives.

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Mr Henry's motion states the current timetable does not give teachers sufficient time to familiarise themselves with the details, and believes that calls for a delay should be heeded and urgent action taken to secure consistent implementation across Scotland of all aspects of the Curriculum for Excellence.

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While neither candidate can hold up the plan themselves, they can create the space for its opponents in Congress to delay it, BBC North America editor Justin Webb notes.

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And this in the Democratic side, after Republicans were, got Tom DeLay, got his redistricting plan through in Texas, a number of Democratic congressmen found themselves running against each other.

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Real Madrid's Angel Di Maria went and did what many are taught to do in those situations: He tried to delay the free kick, partly to waste time, partly to allow his teammates at the back to ready themselves.

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