Word: delayed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Everything they need is there at the Quincy crossover," Sheinfeld explained. "If they didn't delay in turning the trains around, they wouldn't get the bunching up of trains that causes backups...
...delay was especially embarrassing to NASA because Columbia was to have carried into orbit the $1.1 billion European-built Spacelab. A self-contained scientific station, it will perform a wide variety of experiments while parked in the shuttle's open cargo bay. At Kennedy last week crews stripped away the questionable booster while tests continued on why the insulating material failed. NASA said that there would be no firm word on a new launch date before Nov. 1. Lift-off could take place as soon as Nov. 28, but if that "window" is missed, the next opportunity would...
...Year's Day deadline for the breakup of the giant Bell System draws closer, both the company and the Government are maneuvering like wide receivers before the ball is snapped, in most cases causing great confusion. Last week three pre-breakup decisions were announced. One will delay until April a scheduled rise in local phone bills...
...with the latest projection. The proper completion of the plant, says Bechtel, would raise the total to a staggering $3.1 billion. While the utilities ponder whether to continue with Zimmer, interest charges on loans taken out as long ago as 1971 keep piling up. Each day's delay means $500,000 added...
...student writes, "As he was somewhat drunk and I wasn't interested. I refused several times pleading work to avoid a direct confrontation. He then threatened me that I go to bed 'or else...,' in which context I certainly took it is a professional/career threat. After some further delay, I realized I was quite scared by the threat (he is not a man noted for his kindness), so I spent the night with...