Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chauncey D. Steele Jr., the owner of the Continental, also refused to disclose the cause of the delay...
Hosken, who will defend himself, said last night that he would request a delay in the trial. "I've got plenty of witnesses, but many of them just can't make it tomorrow," he said. "Furthermore, I need more time to build political support for the trial...
Europeans were most disturbed by Connally's calculatedly slowpoke handling of the gold bill. They regarded the delay as a polite form of blackmail, aimed at forcing trade concessions from them as the price of monetary stability. Then, as time dragged on, some believed that Nixon might try to gain trade advantages on his own by seeking approval of a devaluation larger than the 8.57% level agreed to in December. After all, London's Financial Times noted icily, the Nixon Administration "has been known before now to reverse itself suddenly...
Washington's part of the bargain was to promise speedy passage of the gold bill. However, since both houses of Congress will hold hearings on the bill before voting, it probably cannot become law until well into March. Considering the uncertainty and ill will needlessly caused by the delay so far, that leaves plenty of time for the fragile monetary system to suffer yet another round of spasms...
...impressive as the YAK may be, it is hardly an immediate threat to U.S. aviation superiority. The Soviets have been slow to deliver: two of the three YAKs ordered by the Italian charter airline Aertirrena two years ago have not yet been received. The delay is caused partly by local aviation authorities, who must certify new models as to airworthiness before allowing them to enter service. The Soviets only recently allowed Italian and West German inspectors to visit all the YAK component factories necessary for certification...