Word: delay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...miles of the Finnish-Norwegian frontier, while all along that same line the desperate Finns were battling to delay the swift Russian advance. The Russians had cut off Finland's only outlet to the Arctic Ocean, were holding the northern end of the Arctic Highway, and were again threatening the Finnish supply lines from Sweden by a swift southward thrust on the highway...
...Approved a note sent by Secretary Hull to London, asking the British Government not to apply to U. S. ships and goods the British blockade program. The document, purely a matter of form, will halt no British seizures, but aids establishment of a base for later damage-delay claims...
...merely a case of first year growing pains that will be gone next year; the root of the trouble lies in Washington where there are overwhelming burdens placed on the C. A. A. from all over the country. The delay encountered in ferreting out the fifty successful aspirants was unfortunate but excusable, considering the exacting requirements necessary for such a course. But subsequent snags have not been so pardonable. The worst instance has been the delay of six whole weeks in actual fight instruction that occurred while the list of chosen men, sent to Washington for approval, lay buried...
Deepest effect of Britain's blockade of German exports-formal proclamation of which was delayed until the neutrals had sounded off-will be much like the trade-hampering effect of the U. S. cash-&-carry law, but working in reverse. Customers will certainly not take title to goods ordered from Germany until the goods are landed safely on the buyer's doorstep. And customers will be reluctant to order German goods, knowing them to be subject to delay or confiscation on their way overseas...
...border incident was a "provocational shelling," Comrade Molotov asserted that the "concentration of Finnish troops near Leningrad not only creates a menace to Leningrad, but is, in fact, a hostile act against the U.S.S.R. . .. Therefore, the Soviet Government.. . proposes that the Government of Finland withdraw its troops without delay 20 to 25 kilometers (twelve to 15 miles) farther from the border of the Karelian Isthmus, thus preventing the possibility of a repeated provocation. Accept, Mr. Minister, the assurance of my perfect respect...