Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Republic of Letters (besides establishing the author as one of that republic's leading citizens) is a feeling it generates in the reader-the feeling that the books under discussion must be read at the first opportunity, or, if they have been read, must be revisited without delay...
...interested in typing their exams, the Registrar could judge the amount of space required ahead of time, and make the proper adjustments. Examination period is long and tense enough in the midst of a Cambridge spring. This simple step for making test-taking easier should be adopted without further delay...
Rain, mud, and wet grass have forced athletes to delay their activities on diamonds, tennis courts, and even on the golf course until the time when their equipment can be dusted off instead of wiped with...
...Matter of Opinion. Other Southern states sent envoys to plead delay. Florida's Attorney General Richard Ervin quoted Isaiah: "He that believeth, shall not make haste." North Carolina's Assistant Attorney General Beverly Lake referred to an old case. "This court," said he, "allowed the city of New York four years ... to decide what to do with its garbage." Texas' Attorney General John Ben Shepperd drew a laugh by citing a public-opinion poll, which showed that 45% of sampled Texans are dead set on keeping segregation, only 14% favor desegregation. The same polling agency, said Shepperd...
...courts should be told not to allow time "for the purpose of paralyzing action or of emasculating the court's decision." said Sobeloff, adding that the "prestige of this court is such that people will be disposed to abide by the law and not invent spurious reasons for delay...