Word: delay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Within three days all of The American Home's 800,000 readers were happily perusing the April number, contentedly aware that nothing short of an Act of God could delay the appearance of The American Home as it is now conducted...
...Much? Franklin Roosevelt's reason for including no relief estimates in his budget message last January was that, given a two-months' delay, he could transmit estimates with "far greater knowledge and accuracy." Last week his knowledge and accuracy were still definitely vague to many a Congressman. He pointed out that more than $1,000,000,000 allotted for this year's public works and other projects would not be spent until those projects were completed in fiscal 1937. Next year's regular budget carries about $600,000,000 for various public works and Civilian Conservation...
...Diplomat von Ribbentrop sat down, he realized that the Council must almost certainly vote to condemn Germany, hastily popped up again to plead that it would be "unfair" to Germany to vote at once. Seemingly the brothers-in-law hoped that even a brief delay would bring intervention favorable to Germany from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. This was still possible, but French Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin, tall, big-boned and fair, again showed that he knows remarkably well how to handle Britons. The usual sort of Frenchman would almost certainly have demanded an immediate vote, and in so doing...
...Westcott, Manager of the University Dining Halls, stated last night that probably the delay in transportation caused by flood waters was responsible. It seems possible that partial separation of the cream may have occurred. He added that in spite of its taste the milk was perfectly wholesome and approved by State authorities...
...tired of claims of dishonest election counts by precinct officials, passed a law requiring that four padlocks be placed on all ballot boxes, that the boxes be carried to county seats and counted there by county election boards on the day following the election. In 1932 that 24-hour delay did not keep anyone in the U. S. from knowing that Franklin D. Roosevelt had been overwhelmingly elected President of the U. S. the day before...