In early October 2000, Bletchley Park officials announced that they would pay the ransom but the stated deadline passed with no word from the blackmailer.

After the deadline passed with no compromises, the use of replacement players for spring training and regular season games was approved by baseball's executive council on January 13.

This time, with the deadline, as usual, already passed and no prospect of a generally accepted election in sight, United Nations managers decided to enforce the term limits.

December 10: The second deadline passed on the afternoon of December 10, with no information from the Brigade about the status of the hostages.

As the deadline passed on April 2, Melkonian's armor entered the intersection and encountered a line of Azeri tanks and infantry.

As deadlines passed for the negotiators in Ohio, people here awaited the outcome with trepidation.

The deadline passed with none of Mr. Dryfoos's records turned in.

As the initial deadline passed on Thursday evening, the Mayor's office had counted 6,100 workers, but the Mayor said yesterday there was some lag in counting applications.

The firm's lawyers responded after the deadline passed by saying that they were not in a position to state whether the deal would be acceptable.

Since the legal deadline passed on April 1, budget negotiations have often progressed at the pace of weary men sipping iced tea on the veranda.