Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last refuge of the opposition lies in the mechanisms the federal government established to protect the environment. A negative Maguire report could kill the project. Even if the report is favorable, the law allows community residents to challenge it in court--a move which could delay the Kennedy Library for several more years...
...trouble procrastination may incur, delay can often inspire and revive a creative soul. Jean Kerr, author of many successful novels and plays, says that she reads every soup-can and jamjar label in her kitchen before settling down to her typewriter. Many a writer focuses on almost anything but his task-for example, on the Coast and Geodetic Survey of Maine's Frenchman Bay and Bar Harbor, stimulating his imagination with names like Googins Ledge, Blunts Pond, Hio Hill and Burnt Porcupine, Long Porcupine, Sheep Porcupine and Bald Porcupine islands...
Even where there is no will, there is a way. There is a difference, of course, between chronic procrastination and purposeful postponement, particularly in the higher echelons of business. Corporate dynamics encourage the caution that breeds delay, says Richard Manderbach, Bank of America group vice president. He notes that speedy action can be embarrassing or extremely costly. The data explosion fortifies those seeking excuses for inaction-another report to be read, another authority to be consulted. "There is always," says Manderbach, "a delicate edge between having enough information and too much...
...fact, there is a long and honorable history of procrastination to suggest that many ideas and decisions may well improve if postponed. It is something of a truism that to put off making a decision is itself a decision. The parliamentary process is essentially a system of delay and deliberation. So, for that matter, is the creation of a great painting, or an entree, or a book, or a building like Blenheim Palace, which took the Duke of Marlborough's architects and laborers 15 years to construct. In the process, the design can mellow and marinate. Indeed, hurry...
...heart attacks last year forced Finley, now 56, to slow down a bit. In February he sold the California Seals. Yet he has hardly mellowed. Piqued by poor attendance in Oakland and the delay of his TV contract, he has retaliated with a series of economy moves. The 25% discount on A's season tickets has been removed, and half-price family nights at the Oakland Coliseum have been reduced from twelve to four. Players' fan mail goes unanswered because Finley has refused to supply the team with stamps. Now, thanks to an order by Oakland fire officials...