Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Callers will hear a noticeable improvement in transmission quality, AT&T promises. The current undersea cables are often overcrowded and frequently suffer from static. And satellite connections, which now carry about 60% of transatlantic phone calls, typically produce an echoey sound and an annoying half-second delay because signals must be sent 22,300 miles up to a communications satellite and back down again. Fiber-optic technology, by contrast, delivers a comparatively pure sound. The ultrathin glass fibers in the cable carry information on laser beams of light, which travel with virtually no susceptibility to electronic interference. Long-distance telephone...
...that the commuter carriers be required to provide at least one experienced pilot on each flight, rather than have two newcomers work together. No single move, however, could ease the worries of pilots and passengers alike more than installing collision-warning devices on airplanes. After years of indecision and delay, the FAA is finally moving to put such a system in place...
...City. (The Republicans will announce their choice first, and the city they select will be obliged to withdraw its offer to the Democrats.) With spouses and party hangers-on, the Democratic delegation often swells to considerably more than 100. Deficit-ridden New Orleans had to ask the Democrats to delay their visit because it could not scrape together the funds to provide the necessary lavish entertainment for the Democratic horde. "Twenty Republicans came down and got their work done," groused a New Orleans official. "The Democrats want to send down 120 people and party for three days...
...Orleans had been an early favorite. It has a wealth of new hotels stretching from the Superdome to the French Quarter, a redeveloped riverfront, and is seen by many as the best place to party. But its request for a delay may have hurt its chances. "If they can't get it together for one lousy little weekend," complained one committee member, "how are they going to pull off a convention?" The rival cities couldn't have been more pleased...
...Historical Commission declared the choirschool "preferably preserved" in October, imposinga six-month delay on its demolition and requiringthe church to commission an alternative proposalthat would allow the two structures to remainstanding. However, the Commission cannot stopdemolition after the six-month period expires inApril...