Word: defer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Angeles, according to one observer, the basic rule is to defer to old money, and when that fails, defer to money. Consider a recent black-tie dinner for eight in the Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills, where liveried attendants park the cars and the houses are modeled after Tiberius' villas on Capri. The table was authentic Chippendale, the service gold leaf, the goblets and tableware gold. A chamber trio played. Among the guests: a history professor, a concert pianist, the wife of a German philosopher. And beside her: a young actor in a shimmering silk T shirt with...
...Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) once again voted to defer decision on its demands on the Harvard Corporation last night. The vote followed a tie procedural vote on whether the SASC should demand some form of either targeted or total divestiture of Harvard's investments in corporations active in South Africa...
...seventh Earl of Lucan, descended from the commander who ordered the Charge of the Light Brigade, was reportedly driven to murder a few years ago by debts incurred during his binges at the chemin defer tables, at $2,000 a deal. At least one turf-preoccupied London bus driver became famous for tooling past passenger queues and rushing instead to the betting shops along his route. Not surprisingly, Gamblers Anonymous operates a 24-hour rescue service in Britain. Says the respected British scientist and public policy analyst, Lord Rothschild: "Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers, but I think...
...around and around the table until a consensus emerges, and take a vote only after its outcome has become a foregone conclusion. A forceful chairman can guide and shape the debate, but it had been thought that Miller's lack of training in banking might cause him to defer to his strong-minded colleagues...
...epidemic, gonorrhea, which generally attacks the poor, blacks and other less privileged members of society, receives swifter and more comprehensive care. The reason, in part, is that the symptoms of NGU, though uncomfortable, are generally relatively mild compared with those of gonorrhea; male victims sometimes feel they can defer medical attention. Women are usually unaware that they are infected. Doctors, too, are at fault. Some still are not familiar with NGU and confuse it with gonorrhea, resulting in inappropriate treatment...