Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Although many Americans have finally accepted the fact that the nation's "peace dividend" would be far less than once believed, few are likely to feel comfortable with the prospect of a social austerity program, even in times of economic turmoil. Says U.C.L.A.'s Dean Williams: "We should not delay for any reason pushing for basic reforms needed in our system...
Wider Bands. To stem the dollar inflows, Switzerland's central bank ordered an emergency ten-day delay in the delivery of francs purchased with dollars. The hope is that speculators will be unwilling to tie up their money for that long. French and Belgian central bankers have recently ordered commercial members to turn down foreign deposits that appeared to be speculative -a job requiring detective work that is much easier to perform in the clubby world of European bankers than it would be in the U.S. The move could lead to a much wider "two-tier" exchange system, with...
...specifically forbid the kind of mergers that form conglomerates: those involving firms offering apparently unrelated goods or services. The Justice Department's three suits against ITT were intended to clear up the issue by bringing it before the U.S. Supreme Court. But to avoid lengthy litigation that would delay divestiture for years, department attorneys agreed to settle the suits out of court. The legal status of conglomerate mergers remains in doubt...
...charge that he hoards his chips. "I haven't lost out on much," he argues. For example, HEW's demands for school busing in Austin, Texas, and other desegregating cities might have been mandated by Supreme Court decisions, but it was Richardson who forestalled any agonizing delay by the Justice Department and the White House by simply informing John Mitchell that it had to be done...
...Needless Delay. Still, the attitude of Mai pen rai persists, and it is not confined to businessmen. In June, Conoco Oil sank a test well in the Gulf of Siam to see if reports of oil sources there were accurate. A discovery could help revive the Thai economy, but the government's cumbersome bureaucracy barely seems interested. It has delayed interminably in setting regulations for offshore drilling, and other oil companies are unwilling to commit capital without them. As a result, portable oil rigs, which were destined earlier for Thai offshore exploration, have now been moved to other potential...