Word: delay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before vacation, Polk had obtained from the Board of Deans permission to delay his exams and to take a leave of absence for the spring term if he returned after February...
Polk could give no reason for the last-minute postponement of the trial, but said that the delay might give the newsmen a chance to raise enough additional money to send John Donovan of the National Broadcasting Company, who was a close friend of George Polk, as a third member of the expedition...
Acts of Peace. There was little talk of peace in 1948. The US. had learned the price of endlessly talking peace with men who had no intention of concluding a peace. Talk meant only delay and delay was costly. But in 1948's troubled world, the U.S. had reason to be thankful. In the midst of hunger and want it knew unequaled prosperity. The year's harvest was the biggest in history. With few exceptions, everyone who wanted a job had one. Labor got a third round of wage increases, and strikes were at a postwar low. Prices...
...There must be Federal coordination from the top to aid and advise local groups, to plan better cities, and to prevent destruction of present facilities even for the purpose of improving them. No Utopia is in sight, but the 81st Congress, when it assembles on January 3, cannot long delay a start toward improving a situation in which one third of the nation lacks adequate shelter...
...Delay. In Atlanta, Superior Court Judge Virlyn B. Moore, who had presided at more than 3,000 divorce cases, thought things over, got a divorce himself...