Word: delay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...small powers decided that they needed more time for their mediation efforts. To achieve delay, they asked both Russia and the West to "explain circumstantially" why the blockade had been imposed to begin with, and why the talks between the four military governors last summer had broken down. That had been already amply explained in the U.S. White Paper (TIME, Oct. 4). But the Western powers, who wanted to avoid any suspicion of railroading the small nations, politely agreed to answer...
...newsmen scanned the executive order on reserve units of the armed forces. When they got to the phrase "proceed without delay ... to organize ... all reserve components," they rushed to their typewriters. At first glance, it looked like an urgent mobilization...
...struggle for funds which preceded the building of Memorial Church. Out of that struggle, however, came a durable memorial which combines the functional and inspirational to the greatest possible degree. The current proposal does not stand comparison to the devotion which created Memorial Church in spite of discouragement and delay...
...Miss South Carolina," to preside over Charleston's Azalea Festival; he brought her to the mansion to serve as his personal secretary. One day he dictated to her: "My darling Jean . . . Loving you as much as I do ... I want you to be my wife without too much delay . . ." She retired to the next room and typed out her acceptance...
...Oklahoma City last week, a three-judge federal court ruled "unconstitutional and void" a state law that barred Negroes from the University of Oklahoma's graduate school. The judges, all Oklahomans, did not outlaw segregation, but insisted that Negroes must have equal facilities without delay, or be taken in with white students...