There were reasons for the delay – not least the determination of the eastern and central Europeans to join the alliance that they had seen as such an effective defence against the Soviet Union.

会议的耽搁是有原因的，尤其是北约将决定让东欧和中欧各国入约视为对前苏联的又一成功的防卫举措。

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He said the Electoral College should delay its vote until its members can receive information from the Central Intelligence Agency about Russia's effect on the election.

他说，选举人团应该推迟投票，直到选举人收到中央情报局关于俄罗斯对选举影响的资料。

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Disappointed, the Central Americans decided to delay by two years a reduction in their common external tariffs.

ECONOMIST: Central America opens for business

Property developers are forgetting that the central government can only delay--not avoid--a final reckoning in the property sector.

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It blames the cause of its deficit on cuts from central government, the cost of the merger and on a delay in money owed from the sale of land.

BBC: K College facing budget deficit of ?11m