Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reflecting on Nelson Rockefeller's new problems, the New York Times editorial page was duly sympathetic. The Times was unhappy about the unnecessary delay in the confirmation hearings, pointing out that during the hiatus "dribs and drabs of information about Mr. Rockefeller and the Rockefeller family-much of it distorted-will keep filtering into newspapers...
...Fatal Delay. Breast lumps are sometimes discovered by doctors during routine examinations and occasionally by women's husbands or lovers. But most suspicious growths or such other signs of possible cancer as the sudden inversion of a nipple or puckering of breast tissue are initially spotted by the victims themselves -by accident or during self-examinations (see "Cancer: Self-Examination" page 110). Finding them is made more difficult by the fact that tumors, especially small ones, rarely cause pain or feel sensitive to the touch. "I wish breast cancers did hurt," says Dr. Guy Robbins, acting chief...
...model who now works as a fashion consultant in Hollywood, discovered one in her breast a year ago. "I put it out of my mind then," she recalls. "I knew there was something there, but I didn't want to touch it." Her doctor dissuaded her from further delay. In the past, frightened women often waited as long as a year before reporting a suspicious lump to their doctors; if the tumor was malignant, that delay was usually fatal. Now, says Robbins, as a result of widespread educational campaigns by the American Cancer Society, the average time between discovery...
...woman who is familiar with what her breasts feel like in their normal state should be able to recognize any thickening immediately and detect a lump less than half an inch in diameter. If she does find one, she should see her doctor without delay...
...said a misunderstanding between students and the financial aid office has caused the delay in crediting the loans...