Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Concordat between Mussolini and the Holy See, the basilica and convent of Assisi were to be given back to the Vatican. But the Holy See refused to accept them unless the buildings and their irreplaceable frescoes were wholly restored. The Italian government agreed. After 43 years of delay, the final restoration funds have just been blocked by an Italian court. Its reason: Italian law does not allow expenditures for foreign states, and technically the two buildings are part of a foreign state, the Vatican, even though the Vatican has never taken them over. In the midst of this Byzantine absurdity...
...seat-belt sign has flashed on, and the engines begin to whine as the big California-bound jet prepares to lumber out for takeoff at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. Suddenly the pilot announces that there will be a half-hour delay. Reason: traffic is backed up on the runways. Later, flying over the Rockies, the passengers have more reason to gripe. The plane is being tossed by turbulence, but the pilot cannot avoid it because ground controllers have refused to let him change course in the jammed air corridors. Finally, as San Francisco Bay comes into...
...that the U.S. was pursuing "a dangerous and slippery road" that was "fraught with serious consequences for international peace and security." The U.S.S.R. denounced the American actions as "illegal," "inadmissible" and "piratical," and demanded that U.S. disruption of air and land shipping in North Viet Nam "be canceled without delay." Peking charged that the U.S. had taken "a new grave step in escalating its war of aggression against Viet Nam." Its statement scoffed at the idea that the mining was undertaken to safeguard American soldiers. "By continuing to escalate the war in a big way," contended Peking, "the U.S. Government...
...Further Delay. By midnight Ambassador Falin had cleared up Moscow's legalistic objections. But by then most of West Germany's morning newspapers had gone to press with headlines telling of the supposed Soviet intransigence. As the Bundestag assembled for the vote the next morning, it was evident that Barzel had lost control of his party, which was lining up against the treaties. Taking the floor, Barzel pleaded for a delay. Brandt imprudently pressed for a vote, but after balloting on a procedural issue ended in a deadlock, he agreed to yet another postponement and set the vote...
...Electric utilities with plans to build nuclear reactors have been particularly hard hit. NEPA is partly responsible for the fact that the Atomic Energy Commission has not issued a single license to start construction or operation of a nuclear plant since last summer, and the utilities fear that the delay may exacerbate power shortages for years...