Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were the case. Professor Brierly, who teaches international law at Oxford, recently said of the amendments in the Senate that "only the eminence of the critics saves them from the suspicion of frivolity." Let us build on what exists, and let us save America from the reproach which our delay is heaping upon...
...World Court. Fortunately many of them will some day be able to look back on this period of struggle for world organization, and to see in perspective the fruits which will have come out of it. I entertain little doubt that they will then regard America's delay in accepting both the World Court and the League of Nations as we now regard Rhode Island's delay in accepting the Constitution of the United States
...night of the new theatre. The first performance of "The Rivals" was a state occasion, and dedicatory speeches and a host of acknowledgements were not only in order, but an indispensable sine qua non to mark the event. But to present the second offering in their repertoire, sans the delay of congratulatory speeches, to the tune of a performance well over three and a half hours long is as imprudent as it is inexcusable...
...target practice for pursuit planes, when finally a suitable place was found for a rental of one dollar a year the War Department did not want to part with the dollar, although it finally did so. General Howze, President of the Court, inquired: "Who was responsible for the delay...
...Your statement is an admission of your fault," snapped General Howze. He granted a delay saying...