Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week, though, as the school board prepared its response to the Justice Department, the focus was more on delay-until Jan. 21-than on the condition of the schools. Summed up one irate school official: "They want to hear that we will come up with a plan. So we will come up with a plan for them. But when Reagan comes in and these guys are knocked out, we'll ask Senator Thurmond to help...
Many immigrants live in the United States for years, never doubting their eventual return to their native countries. But for some, the pressures of raising children who become steeped in American culture and prosperity delay their return. James and Carol Keaty point to their son, who wears a Patriots cap, and say they intend to return to their native Dublin in ten or fifteen years. James Keaty's reasons for immigration are hardly specific--"I came to see if I liked the place and I'm still here"--but he expresses a very specific purpose for his naturalization: "to vote...
...looks ahead to his Administration, Ronald Reagan concedes that the worsening economy might delay his timetable for balancing the budget, but he still intends to cut taxes as well as spending. He wants to negotiate a new arms control pact with Moscow, but warns that an invasion of Poland could lead to a trade and diplomacy "quarantine" against the Soviet Union. On other subjects, from welfare to the environment to human rights, he maintains his basic firm, conservative line. Shortly before Christmas, Reagan discussed his views in a lengthy interview with TIME Senior Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett, who covered...
...cases, the second doctor affirmed the need for the operation. In the remaining 30% of the cases, moreover, only about half the patients were told they did not need surgery at all. The rest were urged to try some other form of treatment first or simply delay the operation pending the results of further tests. Says Steven Sieverts of Blue Cross: "We have come to believe that one of the consequences of our program is to decrease the number of people who do not follow their surgeon's recommendations for surgery. Because there are many more confirming opinions than...
...Companies that supply parts to Chrysler are being asked to delay collection of this month's bills until January and to cut prices 5% during the first 90 days of 1981. This would reduce Chrysler's operating costs in that period by $90 million...