Word: delay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...afternoon. In past years the limited facilities offered by the various spreads have made it difficult for a number of men to accommodate their relatives at this time; the difficulty is now obviated. With the Stadium exercises moved forward from 4 to 5.30 o'clock, guests may proceed without delay from the scene of ivy, hay, gowns, and confetti to Eliot and Lowell Houses, where there will be supper and dancing before the Instrumental and Glee Clubs' concert later in the evening. In dispensing with the services of a band, the committee has wisely departed from a tradition which...
Unheralded and unsung, Dr. Eckener's old Graf last week, on regular schedule, completed her third round-trip to Pernambuco, Brazil. Only one delay marred her winter season. Departing for the second trip, the Graf fouled a radio antenna, slightly ripped fabric, broke a propeller. The old Graf is doomed after the Hindenburg is launched...
...authors complain about the tedious slowness with which their books are printed. Catalogues and other routine work, occupying about a fourth of the yearly output of the presses, delay the publication of more important books. The proof readers of the Press are often inaccurate and a large burden of the work falls upon the writer. Because the cost of printing is unconscionably high, remuneration to the author is small or altogether lacking. Moreover the type of the books is often redistributed after a small edition is published, before there is time to discover whether demand warrants reprints...
...only does the present arrangement interfere with digestion, delay preparations for the next day's work, and prevent early retiring, but also makes engagements the evening of the dinner, if not impossible, inconveniently late. Thus far House authorities have not made any statement concerning the matter...
...University admitted in private that rents are too high but any discussion invariably ended in a stalemate. There was no assurance that the University would officially take any recognition of the complaints. This unwise thwarting of legitimate curiosity has engendered a great deal of just resentment. The delay in making these long-awaited innovations is largely the result of the unique manner in which Harvard is directed. Two units of the House Plan are in their second year of existence, and dissatisfaction with the rents charged, evident on all sides, has been recognized by the Masters. It does not speak...