Their remarks were part of a continuing effort by the administration to discourage speculation that any delay was being considered.

To discourage speculation, home buyers will have to agree to live in Celebration at least nine months a year for the first three years.

For its own part, Control Data has done little to discourage speculation.

The challenge is figure out how to encourage investment and discourage speculation.

On Monday the central bank had increased its overdraft rate to 182 percent per year to discourage speculation.

He wants to tax vacant residential properties as commercial ones, in order to discourage speculation.

Maycroft said, 'I thought it important to discourage speculation until the police arrived.

To discourage speculation, the central bank raised the overnight interest rate yet again, to 6,100 percent.

But he discouraged further speculation, saying, "I think we're making too much out of the bedroom."

Officials of both Governments sought to discourage speculation that major decisions might be made.