Word: delay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...admit that administration in India had broken down to the point where Britain was no longer effective. Gloomily he warned that India was "a volcano of hidden fires," and "even as we are speaking tonight there are serious communal disturbances" (see below). But he argued against any "plea for delay . . . and inaction...
...answered for Krug (who was touring the Pacific). The owners did not want to negotiate, he said, until the Supreme Court decided the Lewis contempt case and Congress got around to some new labor laws. Lewis answered for Lewis. He blamed both the Government and the owners for the delay: "To date, no overtures of any character on this subject have been made...
...colors, along with a spare tire, a box of tools, a tankful of gas, and a radiator full of anti-freeze thrown in. In Seattle, a buyer could walk into a showroom and take his pick of 16 cars. In Dallas, salesmen were offering delivery in five hours; the delay was only for servicing, registration, etc. And in Los Angeles, where plans for a K-F assembly line have been shelved, one dealer anxiously asked an impatient customer: "Well, would half an hour be too long to wait...
Winston Churchill asked why the Palestine case had not been referred to the U.N. a year ago. Weary Bevin replied: "After 2,000 years of conflict, another twelve months will not be considered a long delay...
Although a large share for the responsibility for the delay of the '49 Book must fall on the editorial officers, basically the fault lies in the mechanism of Council control. It can be argued with justification that the Council was overburdened this fall with problems of seemingly higher priority, such as the constitution. Even in the field of publications, two Senior Albums and two Red Books presented a challenge to legislative patience. As for the '49 Book, successive meetings saw one partially informed member convince the Council that everything was progressing according to schedule. By successive repetition, this hopeful hypothesis...