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...what does get published than a writer whose own work has been waiting months to appear. Shawn acknowledges that "we are tempted to hold for two, three or four years'' articles that have no topicality, "but we don't want to make writers unhappy." The backlog of unprinted articles "always seems a little longer every year." Some writers who esteem brevity are convinced that others are paid more for writing longer, and have no inducement to write shorter. Shawn, after studying his private list of who is paid what (he alone knows), disputes this...
Once packaged, the clothes will be sent to Summer St. in East Boston for delivery to J.F. Kennedy Airport in New York City. Because of the city-wide backlog of contributions, city officials expect the clothes to remain in Boston until at least late this week...
...advantage is that we have a backlog of information and the time to analyze it," May says, adding that, "The professionals' memories will be partial; we provide a context for their decision-making...
FNBC spokesmen and lawyers followed the community leaders' testimony. The absence of home mortgages in certain areas was the result of "a backlog" because of the large demand for home mortgages, according the the FNBC attorney...
...fully from the industry's last depression when the Apollo space program wound down, and Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas are still facing stiff head winds in the commercial jet market. But the state has maintained its 20% share of all defense contracts. Aerospace firms have such a choking backlog of orders that even an immediate decision to speed up defense spending would not result in any surge in new jobs until...