Word: delay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After some days of "courtesy delay" while the pact was privately circulated to the Mediterranean Powers and won a good press in England before anyone really knew what was in it, the text was made public. On its face Britain and Italy agree that ships of both countries have "freedom of entry to, exit from and transit through the Mediterranean" and they "disclaim any desire to modify, or, so far as they are concerned, to see modified the status quo as regards national sovereignty in the Mediterranean area...
...delay was occasioned by the death of an obscure 63-year-old brother of the Dictator, who "had to attend the funeral." Suspecting that something even screwier than what had been arranged was now afoot, friends of the Young Marshal went about swearing that he was ''not being treated fairly," and in Nanking several quarreling schools of thought about the kidnapping grew...
...local contest. Opened at the last minute they showed that false totals had been reported, 200 votes on each machine. Democratic Mayor John A. O'Brien, instead of being re-elected by 179 votes, lost by 621 votes to Republican Albert P. Ruerat. After a three-hour delay: for Roosevelt & Garner, 4 electoral votes...
After an unavoidable but profitable delay, the Supplement to the Crimson Telephone Directory is finally appearing today...
...sure she could feel better if she made an effort. As they started for the interior after Carrie had had four wisdom teeth pulled without anesthetics they returned because complications developed. "It was very inconvenient," Andrew later confessed to his daughter, "but we started again with a delay of a little under two hours. I was eager to get at my work...