Word: delay
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wishes to be in sole control of our conception or arrival and that any artificial human interference is sinful, isn't it logical to assume that He may be equally concerned -and consider it sinful-when use is made of any human artificial means to interfere with or delay our own death...
Bronx to Broadway. The approaching maturity which Patty-and her agent-would dearly love to delay, is exactly what her backstage friend Anne Bancroft has been hunting down for years. At 28, Anne has progressed from The Bronx to Broadway, where the people she portrays still seem more meaningful and manageable than Anne Bancroft herself...
Always Ready. Solid fuel can also be stored in the vehicle. Thus the rocket is always ready. Liquid fuels are so combustible and dangerous to handle that the)' must be pumped in at the last moment. This means a delay of many minutes or even hours between an alert and firing time, also involves costly storage tanks and pumps. In contrast, Minuteman should be able to wait quietly, year after year, in a cylindrical hole in the ground, then take off on a 6,000-mile flight on a few seconds' notice...
...stern "Bill of Rights" section of the new Landrum-Griffin labor-reform law went into effect the moment the President signed the bill on Sept. 14, but the section designed to ensure honest union elections does not go into effect until Dec. 13. This 90-day delay was intended to give unions time to make their constitutions and practices more democratic. But it served quite a different purpose for Anthony Provenzano, heavy-handed agent of Top Teamster James Riddle Hoffa and indicted (bribe taking) boss of northern New Jersey's big (12,000 members) Teamster Local...
More was involved than a mere jockeying over dates. The delay also reflected a dispute over what kind of summit there should be, and continuing disagreement over Western policy, as De Gaulle made clear in a remarkable press conference (see below...