Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they are negotiating for. It is due recompense for loyalty, devotion and just plain hard work. Harvard workers anonymously ensure that the University's pre-eminent status remains intact, and its prestige and wealth flourish. They also deserve to deal with the President of the University in person, without delay. Lucinda Ann Scanlon
George Bush was not in Paris in October 1980. Thus concludes a special House task force after five months of investigating rumors that Bush, then Ronald Reagan's running mate, tried to cut a deal with Iran and delay the release of the 52 American hostages so that Republicans could take credit for their freedom. The panel, however, will continue to investigate whether other Reagan aides conspired with Tehran to seal Jimmy Carter's defeat with a so-called October Surprise...
...soaring $75 million Alamillo Bridge, part of $10 billion invested in the fair and new transportation facilities, is an inspired architectural monument. But to those who live in El Vacie's shacks, cubist contraptions of plywood and cardboard, it is an affront. After years of delay, the government only last week began to install 36 flimsy prefabricated homes -- far short of the number needed to house the barrio's 100 families, who live without toilets or running water and cook on open fires. "The rats are eating us!" complains Alvarina Roza Jimenez, mother of eight, holding up her daughter...
...fondly her own perfect record of punctuality. "I've never been late once in all my years in the theater," she says, scoffing at my having allowed only an extra hour to travel from Washington to New York City. Surely she could find a way to forgive the delay, what with the shuttle, the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the stop at Random House to be cleared by the p.r. department, and the general rule of life that if anything can go wrong, it will. "Four hours. You should have allowed four hours. Anything less is dumb. I was 15 minutes early...
...water. Because bacteria that live on fish are adapted to withstand the cool and cold waters of lakes and oceans, they can thrive in temperatures cold enough to preserve other foods. Such microbes will quickly spoil the catch of the day, unless it is confined without delay to temperatures close to freezing. Even under the best conditions, most fresh fish lasts only seven to 12 days. But it frequently takes as long as seven days for fish to make the journey from the fisherman's net to the supermarket, where it may sit for several more days. According...