Word: delay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...high cost of official London life. In six weeks he and his six colleagues and their assistants had spent all of the $200,000 Congress had given them for their mission. Official explanation by Director of the Budget Roop: "Expenses have been greater than anticipated. Moreover an unforeseen delay [due to French troubles] has occurred...
...completion of the work has been hindered by the delay of the plasterers who were working on the ceiling. Due to the litter which dropped from this work into the pool the tilers were unable to proceed with the final cleansing. The plastering and lighting have by this time both been completed, however, and the pool was thoroughly cleansed yesterday...
...fixing an arbitrary loan price for crops will lead directly to overproduction and the piling up of unmarketable surpluses. He cited past prices to prove that the Board's exhortation to "hold wheat" makes the farmer "far more likely to lose than to gain by the delay." Said...
...standpoint of President Hoover is entirely correct and it is surprising to realize that the Senate cannot see the unpleasant effect of the present uncertainty that many companies find themselves thrown into because of the delay in passing the Tariff Bill. Whatever is done on tariff is bound to hurt certain interests. It would be better indeed to decide once for all on a certain tariff, notwithstanding how inaccurate it might be, and to stick to it for at least a specified period of time...
Agile Old Guardsmen quickly spread the impression that President Hoover held the Coalition responsible for the tariff delay. The White House cautiously bolstered up this belief by hints that the recovery of Business and Industry after the stockmarket crash was being retarded by the tariff. Every partisan effort was made to discredit the Coalition's management of the tariff bill. The Coalition's defense: The House without adequate debate had passed a tariff bill with exorbitantly high rates; the Senate had to revise the whole measure; revision with fair debate took time. Declared Senator Borah: "Time is not nearly...