However, that unanimous decision came despite severe criticism of the department's handling of its finances and its decision in November to close wards and postpone non-emergency operations.
On September 3rd the government said it would postpone public-works projects not deemed to be urgent, a step which should help stabilise the rupiah, but which is likely to slow the economy.
"Rapid deployment of energy-efficient technologies would postpone this complete lock-in to 2022, buying time to secure a much-needed global agreement to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, " says the IEA outlook.
Earlier this month, managers had to postpone 70 non-urgent operations because of increased admissions.
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This should postpone the weeding-out of weaker companies for a year or two.
And a U.S. decision to postpone a long-range missile test this month could provide a pretext for the North to declare a symbolic victory.
He referred me to their schedule being agreed on 26 March and the "lack of opportunity to defer the starting time or postpone the Donegal-Derry game".
Anything you were going to do -- there's a party or you're going to take somebody out on a date -- (laughter) -- postpone it, or bring your date.
This has enabled households to postpone their post-bubble belt-tightening.
The issue is among the most politically divisive in the country, as demonstrated by the decision by Reed Exhibitions to postpone the nine-day Eastern Sport and Outdoor Show scheduled to start February 2 in Harrisburg.
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But Alaska politicians, industry consultants and analysts question whether tight new regulations in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf might discourage offshore drilling in the Arctic, removing that as a way to postpone the Trans-Alaska Pipeline's decline.
And I completely resent the 2007 law, to go into effect January 1, that will ban their manufacture, and eventually their sale, in the U.S. So imagine my glee this morning that I could postpone that year-end trip to the hardware store to stock up on a lifetime supply of 100 watts.
Folks surveyed have or plan to pay off their mortgages (75% of retirees, 82% of pre-retirees), postpone taking Social Security (35% of retirees, 44% of pre-retirees), and buy products like annuities or longevity insurance (39% of retirees and 40% of pre-retirees).
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And Senate rules allow any member to postpone voting for a week -- a privilege Leahy exercised last week.
Peers voted on Monday to postpone the current boundary review - which would cut MP numbers by 50 - until 2018.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg admonished the city that the show must go on, but his stubborn refusal to postpone began to feel tin-eared.
Instead, he wants to reach an agreement with Democrats on a framework or bridge that would postpone the cuts and tax-rate changes for one year until a broader deal on deficit reduction -- including entitlement and tax reform -- can be worked out.
Indeed, Maliki reportedly plans to postpone local elections in the Sunni-majority provinces of Anbar and Ninevah.
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SEPI, Izar's state holding company, recently had to postpone plans to split the loss-making Izar group's four military and six civilian shipyards into separate companies because of fierce resistance to the job cuts involved.
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The first says they should postpone any fiestas until after the wild-card playoffs.
Suharto is likely to want to postpone the agony by having himself re-elected for another five-year term next March.
Holding (nyse: WW - news - people ) earlier this year, nearly two-thirds of older workers said they wanted to scale back their hours before retiring completely, and one-third said they would postpone their planned full retirement if their employers offered a phased retirement option.
The Energy Department says the cuts would postpone work at the department's highest-risk sites, including the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash.
He has already had to postpone his plan to pull out of the centre-right European People's Party in Brussels.
Court of Appeals agreed to postpone the law and it ruled last week two-to-one to make EPA go back to the drawing board.
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Still, the industry has thrown a massive amount of money into lobbying Congress and the regulators to postpone or soften the recent regulations, such as Dodd-Frank and it would be foolish to bet against them.
Yet even if a bust-up can be averted, it would only postpone the reckoning.
In September, councillors of the Conservative-Independent led authority voted 46 to 29 to postpone the move, but cabinet members decided to press ahead.
Often they postpone school or cut back on hours they take per semester -- delays that keep the student from being able to graduate and find a good-paying job.
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