Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another case, Ralph Nader has filed suit demanding that the President release White House documents concerning a Department of Transportation decision to delay the date when auto manufacturers must equip their cars with safety air bags. Again, the Administration has claimed executive privilege...
...shoot as far." The simple assumption is that foreign aid makes friends for the U.S., and thus adds to the weight that Washington can wield vis-à-vis Moscow and Peking. If military aid to Cambodia and Viet Nam are cut back, the State Department suggests, it will delay American withdrawal from Viet Nam because the local military will not be strong enough to carry on alone. President Nixon has promised a new troopwithdrawal announcement next week -based on the assumption that the U.S. will continue to supply the Vietnamese with military hardware. Indeed, the argument goes, the whole Nixon...
...than Mobile, Ala., which for years fought desegregation hard, appealing federal court orders no fewer than eleven times. At the time of the Supreme Court order upholding busing in the school district of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., the court made it clear that it wanted Mobile to integrate without further delay. School Board President Charles McNeil finally decided that "the people were tired of going to court all the time." In numerous meetings with 22 civic groups, he and School Superintendent Harold Collins worked out an integration plan...
...delay in processing returns is due to Cambridge's proportional representation system which allows voters to list preferences for the nine Council seats...
...Harsh as the terms seemed, the Japanese had little choice. They were "negotiating" under a Nixon ultimatum: agree by Oct. 15 or the White House would impose mandatory quotas under the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act. U.S. officials further warned that failure to agree to textile quotas could delay the return of Okinawa to Japanese control. With the same strong-arm threat of mandatory quotas, the U.S. forced similar agreements on South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong last week. In return, the U.S. lifted the 10% surcharge on textiles from all countries. Except for steel, goods that are restricted...