Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Refused to Delay. Nixon Administration officials are watching closely, but staying out of sight in order not to exacerbate tensions, as more than 600 school districts follow federal mandates to end dual, legally segregated systems...
...wrong is due to the failure to apply the techniques of modern business to the management of the purely mechanical operation of the courts-of modern record keeping, systems planning for handling the movement of cases. Some is also due to antiquated, rigid procedures which not only permit delay but often encourage...
Foundation Trouble. The older a woman gets, says Lapides, the greater her tendency to delay. There is embarrassment at leaving the table or asking for the bathroom at a party. More mature women who still wear all-encompassing foundation garments may reason that the undressing involved is too much trouble, so they wait until they get home...
Along with his other troubles, Nasser may also lose money because of his decision to negotiate. Libya was two days late with a $12 million subsidy to Egypt this month; since Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is undecided about negotiation, the delay might have been a pointed notice to Nasser to negotiate with care, if at all. Egypt can ill afford such a slight. King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, TIME Correspondent Gavin Scott learned in Cairo last week, has apparently withheld $25 million due Egypt for war support because the King is angry that Arab disunity is keeping...
Minuses and Pluses. The generally optimistic forecasts could be thrown off course by several factors. An auto strike, which seems likely to begin in mid-September, could seriously delay an upturn in national production. Business spending for new plant and equipment is slowing, partly because U.S. industries operated their existing plants at less than 78% of capacity in the second quarter. Reductions in defense spending will continue to hurt some industries, notably aerospace...