Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...work on the 50 year old Houses presents an unprecedented assignment to builders, and Project Manager Roger Caver says "it's too early to tell" whether all work will be finished by the target date, now seven weeks away The House renovations were slowed initially by a two week delay in June...
...fissure in an issue central to the Atlantic Alliance's very existence: how to deal with the Soviet Union. Meeting in Brussels last week, the leaders of the ten-nation European Community sternly warned President Reagan of the "adverse consequences" of his move to block or at least delay the planned $10 billion pipeline that is supposed to deliver natural gas 3,500 miles from Siberia to the heart of Western Europe starting...
...discussion never even got that far." With Haig out of the picture, the Administration was beginning to believe that the pipeIine could even be stopped. Said Lawrence Brady, Assistant Secretary of Commerce: "Certainly we can delay the pipeline, and we may bring the Europeans round to stopping it altogether...
...Bechtel has managed its huge project without noticeable criticism or complaint from its Croesus-rich client. One reason is the company's almost ferocious dedication to careful planning and delivery scheduling, which seeks to avoid supply shortages and transportation interruptions that can produce budget overruns and delays. Indeed, while port operations in many developing countries frequently lead to congestion that leaves ships queuing for months on end, Saudi officials boast that demurrage (delay time) at Jubail is "not a single...
Even the networks have been able to counter Israel's censors, albeit with delay and at considerable expense. Duplicate copies of tapes routinely have been sent overland to Syria or by boat to Cyprus for satellite transmission. Indeed, the only evident loser in the controversy has been Israel, whose image in the U.S. has surely not been enhanced by censorship labels on prime-time TV newscasts. Israeli officials argue that they are being subjected s to an unfair and inconsistent standard. Says Government Press Office Director Ze'ev Chafets: "We let the networks use our facilities for sending...