Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recently began printing the Latin American Edition). If deliveries from one printing point are endangered, other points can come to the rescue. And, of course, copies can be shifted back & forth among newsstands and local distributing centers. In emergencies, extra copies have been flown to disaster points to avoid delays in delivery. When virtually all forms of land transport were bogged down by the July floods of the Kansas River, copies were rerouted around the flood area by an ingenious truck and train system-and got to subscribers and newsstands with minimum delay...
Some of the University's 1,230 veterans claim that such a delay in payments would force them to withdraw from College. And once withdrawn, they point out, they could never again receive G. I. Bill aid. Others say that the University loan office will be flooded with applications...
Jordan said, however, that he had been advised to delay an election for at least a week, because of the possibility, faint though it is, that Lowenstein may return this season...
Robinson had shown that he is no has-been-not yet, anyhow. Reflecting on his own mistakes, however, he diagnosed "that little pause-the little delay. That's age." After a couple of title defenses in the U.S. and a rubber match with Britain's Turpin, he is thinking about retiring next year. So, oddly enough, is 23-year-old Randy Turpin, according to London's Evening Standard: "I mean what I say. I shall pack up in September 1952. I don't care how much money is involved. I'm not going to finish...
...responsible boss of U.S. mobilization, Charlie Wilson must expect to take the rap for this delay. As long as six months ago, defense production was obviously lagging; but Wilson was so anxious "not to disturb the civilian economy that defense producers often came in last in the race for scarce materials and skilled manpower. Furthermore, Charlie Wilson thought that he could confine himself to policy matters, let other agencies (Commerce, DPA, Interior, etc.) carry out the job. But the other agencies sometimes worked at cross purposes without firm direction from topside. Now, it looks as if Wilson will need...