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Word: delay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ripe questions require sessions without delay to discuss reports of regional executive committees, and where it is necessary to take personnel decisions, they must be taken without waiting for elections," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorbachev Urges Reform in Local Councils | 7/25/1989 | See Source »

Labor's decision to delay the Central Committee vote until perhaps early August was viewed as an attempt to seek reconciliation. Labor's reluctance to leave the government is not surprising; a recent opinion poll indicates that a new election would result in victory for Likud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Why Is This Man So Glum? | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...Hubble telescope has been sitting in clean storage since the Challenger tragedy--initially at a cost of $18 million a month. The cost has been declining, but by the time Hubble is ready to go in January, the total cost of the delay will be approaching $468 million...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Mars is a Long Way to Travel for a Little Publicity | 7/21/1989 | See Source »

Alarm has been growing for more than a decade. Scores of lawsuits have been filed by residents of Texas, New York, California and Louisiana, forcing utilities to delay, reroute and sometimes abandon construction of power lines. Seven states have set limits for the strength of electric fields created along power-line paths; Florida has also adopted a standard for magnetic fields. Fremont, Calif., requires that potential buyers of new homes adjacent to overhead lines be warned of possible health risks. Last month in Florida a judge declared that pupils of Sandpiper Shores Elementary School near Boca Raton could not play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Panic Over Power Lines | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...mother, in contrast, becomes dangerous if left alone. She works her way through the crowd and explains to total strangers how the entire delay is my fault...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: The Airline With an Attitude | 7/11/1989 | See Source »

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