In what his critics will see as a belated move to contain the crisis that has claimed more than 300 lives, Kibaki today invited all members of the new opposition-dominated parliament to a meeting.

Scott left after five innings with tightness in his left hamstring, and the Mets made a belated move.

So if he does dismiss him, it would be a belated move, as if to say, "I told you so."

David Shorr, program officer of the Stanley Foundation, which supports the United Nations, said the belated American move had been "at a minimum, a serious tactical error."

Disassociating himself from right-wing conspirators is an admirable but "belated" move, says Al Hunt (CNN's Capital Gang ).

In a belated move for common sense, state officials say they plan to establish a trusteeship to make sure he doesn't again use the substantial monthly benefit he receives from the Veterans Administration to buy the drugs that trigger his threatening conduct.

Mr. Brands minutely chronicles Franklin's gradual and somewhat belated move from "intense attachment to the British empire" to impassioned "resistance to British tyranny."

The belated move was Cliff's one error.

The belated move still leaves Alan Greenspan and his colleagues with much work to do, as they are still in real danger of falling behind the inflationary curve.

The belated move against General Noriega came not because of any sudden discovery of his longstanding involvement with drugs but because of the perception of his diminished utility in the pursuit of the Administration's Central American policy.