Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which allow plenty of time for the potter to decorate and redecorate if he is not satisfied. Not so with the oldtime Persians, and Potter Poor. He must do his decorating swiftly and surely, and only once, for the glaze must quickly follow and the piece be fired without delay...
Five minutes passed and The Chief frowned; ten, and he snapped his fingers, fumbled in his pocket, was plainly vexed by the delay. Boris was distressed again. George Akerson, The Chief's secretary, shuttled in and out in frantic search. Finally the ladies were extricated from the jumble. The Chief looked immensely relieved and beamed about him through the drizzle...
...Harvard Society of Contemporary Art is postponing its opening until next Tuesday, with an informal preview by invitation on Monday. The cause for this postponement is delay in the arrival of furnishings for the gallery. The exhibition will be open after Tuesday daily from 10 to 6 o'clock...
...personally at Bemersyde, St. Boswells, Scotland. Letters and statements are required to furnish material for the official life of the Field-Marshal which will be written at some future time. All letters will be carefully preserved and copied and the originals returned to senders with the least possible delay...
...well as to the officers of the institution. Provision has been made for the casing necessary to the development of the synoptic collections. Telephonic facilities have been increased. Bids for installation of an elevator have been called for, and its installation will remove one of the greatest sources of delay and undue fatigue in our work...