Word: delay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years women on foot had shuttled their daily loads of flour, oil, sugar and soap across the bridge. But Brazil and Argentina are South America's most powerful rivals, and many reasons of state had been found to delay the formal inaugural. Finally, it could be put off no longer. Said a bored Brazilian as Dutra winged south for the meeting: "I suppose somebody...
...Fields. During its bumpy, argumentative session the Senate had stopped Mississippi's bigoted Theodore ("The Man") Bilbo from taking his seat in the Senate, had finally confirmed David Lilienthal as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Taft shared credit for the first job and blame for the long delay in the Lilienthal case. Under the whip of Arthur Vandenberg, the 80th had backed the "bipartisan" foreign policy. Whether that backing would continue would depend somewhat on President Truman, somewhat on domestic politics. There were signs that the honeymoon was going stale...
Except for a few books on closed reserve, students will help themselves to study material when working within the building. The usual delay of checking books in and out will be largely eliminated, with students picking up their books as they pass through the stack area on the way to the reading room, and replacing them when finished...
This week the commission reported bluntly that the time was overripe for giving citizenship to both Guamanians and Samoans, and redressing their other grievances. "Indeed," it said, "an apology is due the Guamanians for the long delay and they are also entitled to the Nation's thanks and recognition for their heroic service rendered during the recent war. The people are in all respects worthy of being welcomed into full brotherhood of the United States...
Veteran students caught short by the unexpected delay of their monthly subsistence checks can obtain short-term financial aid through an emergency channel arranged by the University Chapter of the American Veterans Committee, Chairman Reginald H. Zalles 2G announced last night...