Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...developing brawl could begin this week in the lameduck session of Congress. Either house can indefinitely delay the deployment of the missile by refusing to approve funds for the Dense Pack basing plan. A move in the House last July to cancel MX production failed to pass by a mere three votes. A similar measure in the Senate lost by just four. The Administration is expected to wage an all-out fight to gain funding in the lameduck session since the new House, with 26 more Democrats than the present body, is expected to be even less receptive...
...countdown had been nerve-racking, with gusty winds and thick clouds threatening yet another delay. "It's like your whole life sitting out there," said Technician Bill Wood...
...already tight production schedule was squeezed tighter. Any delay in NATO deployment, warned West German Defense Minister Manfred Wörner on a recent visit to Washington, would "trigger very, very serious consequences." Under Secretary of the Army James R. Ambrose said last week that the missile is still on schedule, but wondered whether Europeans might conclude that it is defective. He hopes that a dozen successful test flights will restore its reputation...
...fourth, including one for an underground, mobile system and another--endorsed Monday by Reagan--for a "dense pack" of missiles that will be clustered in "superhardened" silos. So in some form or another, the MX was going to happen. But Reagan would have been much better advised to delay his decision a little longer in light of Soviet overtures to the United States for an improved rapport. Consequently, the MX announcement is the wrong signal to Moscow at the wrong time...
Players and coaches for both teams said yesterday they were annoyed by the pranks because of the potential danger and the disruption of the game. Reserve Offensive Lineman Joe Ippolito '84 finally got fed up with the delay and threw a stone at the balloon. For this, teammate Joe Azelby '84 dubbed him the hero of The Game...