Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sardonically describing Reagan's arms-control policy: "First, throw the existing nuclear-arms limitation treaty [SALT ] in the wastebasket. Second, threaten the Soviet Union with a nuclear-arms race. Third, launch a quest for so-called nuclear superiority." Though it was Carter who requested that the Senate delay consideration of SALT II after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, he now describes the pact as his "secret weapon" to reduce the Soviet nuclear arsenal "without costing a dime...
That was it for the game's scoring, 56 seconds into the second quarter. For the rest of the day, Harvard found only frustration. The Crimson reached the Princeton 14 late in the second quarter but consecutive holding and delay-of-game penalties took Harvard back to the 34, where Martion threw another interception. Princeton managed to put together even less offense as the game proceeded, testimony to the effectiveness of the Harvard defense...
...Valland, 81, art curator who was awarded France's Médaille de la Résistance for foiling Nazi plans to plunder European art during World War II. Valland recorded the destinations of thousands of appropriated paintings and sculptures, thus facilitating later recovery. She also managed to delay a whole trainload of art from leaving the Jeu de Paume in Paris until the city was liberated by Allied troops...
Pierce critized Phillips for labeling his results a "deterrent effect," rather than a delay. "Were he able to look at more than the initial decline, he would have found that it was followed by a larger increase, which is what we're seeing," Pierce said...
Because the motion contained no specific information about the number or size of such bulletin boards, a further motion was made by Glenn Moramarco, the Currier representative, to delay voting on the original motion until specific plans could be provided. Glenn's motion was defeated; in other words, CHUL decided it wanted to vote then and there on the bulletin board motion, which was subsequently defeated...