Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...altering the original plans the Harvard Athletic Association has met several situations which would have been troublesome when the building was finished. To many the delay may appear unreasonable, but in refusing to sacrifice practicality to expediency, Mr. Bingham has chosen the wise course...
...poor was Baron Byng when he was created Viscount (1926) that he sensationally refused to pay the "peerage patent fee" of ?1,000 customarily demanded for "registering" a patent of nobility. After a delay of 18 months the fee was waived and Baron became Viscount without charge...
...three large colleges of Oxford University, and finds points of difference quite striking. "You are much busier here than the majority of Oxford students appear to be Meals in English colleges are always a social event. Here one dashes into a cafeteria and dashes out again with as little delay as possible; there, even when eating at college, we take a great deal of time. Most entertaining comes at meal time and a lunch invitation may easily last from noon till tea time, while a dinner invitation always takes from 7 until 12 o'clock...
...successfully flown to Cambridge from Wichita, Kansas, by W. N. Bump '29 and Frank Sproul '29, Flying Club pilots, a few weeks ago, and now is in action daily flying to and from the Boston Airport. The trip east was executed with no trouble, and without accident, the only delay being a day's stop at Schenectady caused by the wind drifts resulting from the Atlantic seacoast storm...
Would the postponement make the choice easier for the all-powerful selection committee? Would the U. S. be the gainer by the delay? Or would the veteran Argentine combination win the advantage of additional practice, better acclimatization...