Word: stalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this was communicated to our plane. I did, however, receive an urgent cable from Scowcroft transmitting the draft of a letter that Nixon intended to send to Brezhnev. Its essence was that Nixon was granting me "full authority." I was horrified. I would be deprived of any capacity to stall. Full authority made it impossible for me to refer any tentative agreement to the President for his approval?if only to buy time. I flashed a message to Scowcroft uncharacteristically objecting to the grant: "I must be in a position to insist to the Russians that I must pass proposals...
...Growth in the gross national product is expected to accelerate gradually from 1.8% this year to 3.9% in 1983, a pace that would be only about half as strong as after other postwar recessions. Walter Heller, chief economic adviser to President Kennedy, warned that the economy may stall again within a year or two. Said he: "Under present policies, I don't think we can have a very strong rebound or a long...
Much depends on the course of the economy. Congress is expected to stall on the budget for the next three months or so, watching to see what happens to production and employment. If, as Republic can true believers hope, a powerful recovery begins by spring, promising to create many new jobs and raise incomes sharply enough to hike Government revenues and shrink those menacing deficits, much of the present opposition to Reagan's fiscal policy would disappear...
...jetliner took off. Seventeen seconds later, already alerted to the danger of a stall by the rattle of the control stick, Wheaton tried to will Flight 90 aloft. "Forward, forward. Come on, forward. Forward! Just barely climb." Five seconds later Pettit knew it was over. "Larry," he said, "we're going down, Larry...
Midway through the stanza, all offensive activity ceased for a full four minutes, as both squads played intensely physical defense. The Crimson maintained its advantage, but when St. Anselm's finally rediscovered its attack. Harvard continued to employ a stall offense, putting the ball up only under pressure...