Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very vagueness of the original draft-not to mention its reaffirmation of Hanoi's "one Viet Nam" position -was highly advantageous to the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong. It is arguable that they won those advantages on the battlefield. But the effect of the Saigon-inspired delay since mid-October has been to weaken, perhaps mortally, the original compromise. Both delegations have been sweating to tie the military and political issues back together in ways that would benefit their own sides. It may be very difficult for anyone to pull the issues apart again...
...view of the confidence inspired earlier by the Administration's report of progress, the credibility of Nixon and Kissinger is clearly on the line. Kissinger gave no hint of that as he laid all of the blame for delay on Hanoi. He charged that Hanoi had suddenly begun raising "one frivolous issue after another." Tho and his associates would agree on a point, then retract it or try to make substantive alterations "in the guise of linguistic changes...
...Afro-American Studies Library opened for the year last week after a delay caused by a tight budget, Ewart Guinier '33, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, said yesterday...
Czerni R. Brasuell, a member of the Alliance's executive committee, said yesterday that the Alliance staged the takeover on Friday to protest the delay in Allen's decision on Chandler's application for the Spring 1973 semester...
Alliance members claim that Allen has tried to delay the decision until after students leave for vacation. "That way there would be no one around to protect any discriminatory decision," Brasuell said...