Word: delay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hoped that "no undue delicacy will delay our taking up ... things of a more personal character." With no delicacy whatever, Hughes launched into his accusation. "I charge specifically that during a luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel [in Washington] in the week beginning Feb. 10, 1947, in the suite of Senator Brewster, that the Senator told me in so many words that if I would agree to merge Trans World Airline [which Hughes controls by owning 46% of its stock] with Pan American and would go along with his community airline bill, there would be no further hearings in this matter...
...Matter of an Hour. Martha Truman might not live through the day. His plane was made ready to take off. There was one delay. He wanted to sign the Army-Navy-Air Forces unification bill so that, before Congress recessed, he could nominate Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal to be the first Secretary of Defense. The bill was still on the Hill, awaiting congressional signatures. The President put off his departure an hour...
...Next 30 Days. At the United Nations, the U.S. pressed hard for a border commission to keep an eye on Greece's boundaries with Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria during the next two years. Russia, hinting it might veto, managed to delay the U.S. proposal. Washington let it be known that the 2nd Marine Division and the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina were standing by. These two units should be enough to handle whatever forces General Markos Vafiades, the Communist guerrilla leader in northern Greece, had at his disposal...
...week's end, even the sudden rediscovery by the press that Royall is a brother-in-law of Johannes Steel, pro-Communist radio and news commentator (who married Royall's half-sister), did not delay the Senate's action on his name. Within 24 hours after his nomination reached the Hill, the Senate had confirmed his appointment...
Democratic leader Rayburn chilled talk of a House investigation. Belligerently, the Texan told the chamber that if any such effort developed he would try to block and delay all other legislation...