Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...answer was direct. The Federal Government would work firmly and patiently through the courts to enforce the desegregation ruling of the Supreme Court. There could be no backing away from this position. Therefore there could not be, and there was not, any agreement, implied or stated, to delay integration in Little Rock. For his part, Orval Faubus did not promise to remove the National Guard from Little Rock's Central High School and permit Negro children to enter. But there was a general understanding that some time this week Faubus would begin withdrawing the Guard and turning law enforcement...
Nevertheless, to try to make up its losses, BOAC invoked contract penalties against Bristol. BOAC already has lost "well over" $5,600,000 because of the 312 delay, snapped Smallpeice. "It will not be surprising if we come out with a deficit this year." BOAC Chairman Gerard d'Erlanger took his own swipe at Bristol when asked if the line expects prompt delivery on its order for 15 Boeing 707 jetliners. Growled he: "American manufacturers do have a habit of being on time...
...refusing to back water by so much as an inch. Clearing the way for possible future Government action against Faubus (see The Law), Davies ordered U.S. enforcement agencies to start collecting the facts behind Faubus' defiance. At a weekend hearing Davies flicked aside a new petition for delay by the Little Rock school authorities. Said he, coldly: "The testimony and arguments this morning were, in my judgment, as anemic as the petition itself ... In an organized society there can be nothing but ultimate confusion and chaos if court decrees are flouted, whatever the pretext." His reaffirmed order to Little...
...that Bulganin is plainly on the skids, Mikoyan is being talked of as his likely replacement for Premier. In Khrushchev's eyes, Mikoyan, the lone operator, has the merit of never having tried to build up his own party machine. The delay in pushing out Bulganin suggests that although Khrushchev has bested his rivals, he still has powerful opposition to contend with. The deadly struggle for power that began with Stalin's death four years ago is not yet ended. Who would know that better than Mikoyan...
...that the AEC will explode this week a smallish atomic charge 800 ft. below the surface of a Nevada mountainside. Libby told the time (Sept. 14, 10 a.m. Eastern daylight-saving time) and place (North 890600 and East 635000 on the Nevada state grid system). If there is a delay of more than two minutes in firing the shot. the test will be postponed for 24 hours...