Word: defer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Under the early action program, the College may defer decisions on an application until April. Applicants who are rejected will not be permitted to reapply...
...Says he: "It's terrible. I don't think the economy can stand it. It's too drastic a change too early. I just don't think we should turn around so fast." Pechman also criticizes Ford's proposal to allow individuals to defer paying taxes on funds invested in certain stock plans. The economist argues that the idea-"an outrage"-would not increase investment and would do little for people making under...
...council, which represents the interests of the alumni, asked the trustees to defer any change in the admissions policy for a year, in order to research the problem and publicize it to the alumni, Ray N. Rassenburger, president of the alumni council, said Wednesday...
...early days of the Wyner Trust. Raia moved there in 1950; Marguerite Fuller bought the Betty Lee Beauty Shop in 1954; and John and Theodora Marston bought the Darling Secretarial Service in 1948. The Marstons are, in fact, the building's senior tenants now, although they like to defer that honor to Jimmy Quinn on the grounds that he is second-generation...
...times. But they could contribute to the process by which, after two centuries, Americans could again seek to be "a reformed and happy people." For the moment, though modern Americans may use less quaint terms, they are so keenly aware of their "vice, prophaneness, extortion" that they tend to defer their dreams and deny their promise...