Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...voting patterns will be affected by the region's fast-changing social, economic and political structure. In both parties there have been some encouraging signs of moderation and modernization, but the turmoil that Wallace is capable of fomenting could destroy this progress. The self-described "spoiler" could also delay the Southern Negro's entry into mainstream politics. By 1968, Negro voter registration in the eleven states of the old Confederacy may exceed 3,250,000, more than double the 1960 figure. Though the actual impact of this potential vote remains to be seen, a third-party bid could...
...status is unbeatable. Appointed for life (barring misconduct), district judges are untouched by re-election pressures and are subject to no real discipline save a higher court's reversal. Kings of their courtrooms, they can set the whole constitutional tone in their areas. They can speed up or delay cases, comment on trial evidence, discipline lawyers, hold gadflies in contempt, and try many matters without a jury...
...Commission approved the historic merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central last year, only to see it tangled in legal challenges. Last week-a year later to the day-the ICC bestowed its blessing on a rail merger that it hopes will be consummated with minimum delay. Highballed to join on June 1 were the Chicago and North Western and the smaller Chicago Great Western, whose get-together could save the two lines $6,000,000 a year...
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...despite the technical delay, residents and students were allowed to voice their criticisms. Some residents felt "college kids take advantage of the City without adding anything," and were "tired of these students carrying on." Other neighbors just objected to the general tenor of the transient population, rather than the boys personally...