The later deadline would push back the likelihood of war.
For example, the system gives an earlier request deadline to a higher priority and a later deadline to a lower priority.
The deadline is now noon, and a later deadline would allow candidates to respond to late-breaking news.
The agency task force working on the issue is considering other ideas including a smaller reduction and a later deadline, according to Administration sources.
The Times took a first step toward later deadlines last winter, when it began printing new four-section editions in Boston and Washington.
The later deadlines will mean that most readers will find scores from night games played in the East and the Midwest.
When a cyclic or new process is given a new deadline, it is then inserted before the first process with a later deadline.
Could the later deadline this year have sent procrastinators over the edge?
There should be a later deadline for the budget - probably July 1 instead of April 1 to make it easier to assess tax revenues.
Such inspections are provided for in the 1994 agreement, though with later deadlines than the Bush administration would like.