Word: delayer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Supreme Court Justice responsible for that area of the country, agreed to stay the trial until the full court could consider the issues. At that point, U.S. Solicitor General Erwin Griswold moved in and asked the Supreme Court to vacate the stay and let the trial proceed. A long delay after the jury had been impaneled, he said, might result in the defendants' going free because of the rules on double jeopardy...
Kanavos said that a delay on his part would require some form of remuneration. Bowyer, while emphasizing that no plans had yet been worked out, agreed that various forms of compensation were available, depending on the amount of changes that need to be made...
...Waiting until a child has developed "the ability to look, listen and absorb" might delay formal education as we know it until...
...Davies after the première-at which, however, there were twelve curtain calls and no cries of "Rubbish!" "I was pleased that the people listened to it patiently. It will benefit from repeated hearings." Conductor Downes agreed that the score was "murderously difficult" and saw no need to delay a verdict. "This is musical theater at its best, a great step forward to the opera of the future," he said. "I cannot recall a similarly favorable reception to a new opera in Britain...
...Once the delay got noticeable, I wandered over to Roger to suggest that somebody say something to the people, as they were beginning to get restless. (A general rule to thumb: the natives are restless when they start that rhythmic clapping.) He'd thought precisely the same thing and was on his way to get Chip Monck, who, admirably, elected to tell the truth, or most of it, at the time...