So, it's not really a developmental ... it's not really a developmental delay in the way that it might make sense to think about certain forms of retardation.

孤独症并非发展延迟,不应当把它理解为,某种形式的发育迟缓

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That is probably a reference to fears of a liquidity crunch at the end of the year as financial institutions hold back to avoid millennium-bug accidents indeed, such fears may make the Fed delay raising rates until next year.

ECONOMIST: Softly, softly

The delay will make it cumbersome to continue to offer health insurance.

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It has fuelled speculation of a delay to make sure the Olympic games in August were not marred by a food scare.

ECONOMIST: The politics of an unconscionable delay