21.   In either case, investors who have held onto stocks only to see what happens on Capitol Hill will no longer have a reason to defer their decisions.

22.   Instead, they say Clinton should defer a decision to the next administration.

23.   Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr has said he would defer a decision on whether to indict President Clinton until his impeachment trial was over.

24.   It deferred decisions under the Endangered Species Act on several other areas because of uncertainty over the degree of threat.

25.   Justice Department prosecutors asked U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III to defer a decision on the subpoena request.

26.   Kings management has deferred all decisions on personnel and coaching until after the season.

27.   On Tuesday, the credentials committee of the General Assembly recommended that a decision be deferred, leaving the current envoys in place.

28.   Our family has deferred a decision on what to buy, anticipating another round of price cuts next month.

29.   Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who wants to defer the decision to permit more study, anticipated that debate.

30.   That decision was deferred as well.