Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another possible impediment to a productive Reagan-Gorbachev meeting was the Administration's decision to go ahead with an underground nuclear test in Nevada last week after a two-day delay that had been caused by bad weather. The Soviet Union, which had adopted a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear testing last August, denounced the U.S. action and said that the U.S.S.R. too would resume testing. The Soviet news agency TASS described the U.S. test, which was code-named Mighty Oak, as a "dangerous destabilizing step" and an indication that the Reagan Administration "is still chasing the will...
...least not yet. One reason for the delay, says Joseph Bereswill, a spokesman for Celanese Corp., the Manhattan-based petrochemical firm, is that "it takes time for lower oil prices to be reflected in the thousands of products derived from oil." Agrees Paul Christopherson, an analyst for Bear, Stearns, a Wall Street investment firm: "The price of the paraxylene that Celanese uses to make polyester has just begun to weaken. It takes a while for the market to figure out how far down derivative prices must go." For Detroit, the big question is how the oil-price decline will affect...
...frustrating," Wardenburg said of the UMass delay game. "But if we were in their position, we would do the same thing. We try to double team the ball, but we haven't really practiced it that much...
...women's health insurance is running out during the costly delay in re-employment caused by the state. At last Wednesday's meeting with DES officials, many women complained that they have yet to receive compensation checks owed them by the state, while they continue to pay dues to a union that remains ineffectual in representing their plight...
...entire crisis," said one White House staffer. "That would only have increased the burden and would have caused more tension." Poindexter speculated that Kelso would launch his counterattack at night. At the White House, Don Regan was edgy. He called Weinberger and Crowe to come over and explain the delay. Their response was the same as Poindexter's: wait until dark...