Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lasted less than a day. The White House had originally hoped to let the poetry of the speech resonate before the hard prose of the 1987 budget proposals hit Capitol Hill, but the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger forced a delay. "We planned to ride the thing for a week," said Director of Communications Pat Buchanan. Even a stunt by bureaucrats in the Office of Management and Budget did little to soften the discord that came on Wednesday...
...confused and contradictory situation was greeted with gloomy silence by the Reagan Administration, which had worked hard to try to ensure a free, fair and, above all, credible outcome to the balloting. In Washington, State Department officials said that they would delay any formal U.S. response to the election until this week. Nonetheless, Spokesman Bernard Kalb took note of the reports of fraud and violence and termed them "regrettable." Privately, one Administration official disclosed that he and his colleagues were observing the Philippine developments with "nausea." Said he: "Marcos is running scared. He is letting it all hang...
...other scenario would delay the crowning of the new league champion another week, until when both Harvard and Dartmouth host Cornell to wrap up the season. Harvard Women's Basketball 14-6 Overall...
Second Period--5, NU, Marge Sanford (unassisted) 11:33. Penalties--Tamara McLaughlin, NU (tripping) 7:22; Johanna Neilson, H (hooking) 9:01; Lisi Bailliere, H (illegal checking) 13:16; Bench minor, H, 13:16; Chris Fitzgerald, NU (delay of game...
Second Period--3, H, Nick Carone 6 (unassisted) 7:29. Penalties--Greg Chalmers, H, (interference) 10:52; Mark Benning, H, (delay of game) 11:26; Rossi, N, (roughing) 15:48; Rossi, N, (holding...