Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...charged that the CIA was behind the Royalists, the government made it plain that it considers the fighting essentially a "domestic Yemeni affair." Thus, after years of stalemate, the Yemeni civil war appeared finally to be reaching the climax that Nasser's intervention had so long managed to delay-but not to deny...
...about disbanding the Guard, which was commanded by Greek army officers and was a strong Greek tie to the island, announced that it had reached agreement with Turkey without waiting for Makarios to make up his mind. In Ankara, the government of Premier Siileyman Demirel became impatient at the delay. The Turks, whose navy maneuvered earlier in the week off the Cyprus coast, kept their armed forces in a high state of preparedness, ready to invade Cyprus and strike across the Thracian plain at Greece...
Under Vance's pleading, Demirel agreed to delay Turkish military measures until the U.S. envoy had an opportunity to sound out the Greek leaders. What Vance learned in Athens obviously pleased the Turks, who announced that they and the Greeks would accept the good office of Italy's Manlio Brosio, the NATO Secretary-General, as mediator in the dispute. It was a hopeful development, but by no means a permanent one. The situation remained so tense that a handful of men with submachine guns on Cyprus could wipe out the diplomatic achievements in a matter of seconds...
Early this month, Harvard announced that all contractors vying for the Mather project had submitted construction bids substantially higher than the University estimate of $8 million. Before the contract could be signed and construction begun, the University had to find ways to reduce costs. University planners feared that the delay would prevent completion of the building by September 1969 as planned...
...asked for a delay "until the day when our people have driven off the U.S. imperialist aggressors and completely liberated our fatherland." Since that day does not seem imminent, even to North Viet Nam's intransigent leaders, Ho must wonder, at 77 and in none-too-vigorous health, whether he will ever wear Moscow's medal...