51.   But at the end of a four-hour meeting, the TDP appeared to defer a decision.

52.   But New Zealand Police Minister Jack Elder on Tuesday said the government had deferred a decision on banning semiautomatics and a buyback scheme.

53.   But it deferred a decision on whether TRAI would be allowed to set telephone rates.

54.   But the U.N. credentials committee deferred a decision on the representation Friday and failed to set a date for a future meeting.

55.   CANTV said Friday shareholders approved a dividend but deferred a decision on a strategy aimed at discouraging hostile takeovers.

56.   Clinton has deferred a decision on the issue to his successor.

57.   Clinton and Jiang met a week after the president deferred a decision on whether to build an anti-missile defense system protecting the United States.

58.   Clinton has been pressing for a solution that would defer a decision for several years.

59.   Consequently, people deferred decisions about the use of claims on resources in order to preserve additional options for potential future action.

60.   EU culture ministers agreed Wednesday to defer a decision extending television quotas in favor of beefing incentives for European television and film producers.