Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fake being sick--lose two straight at the NCAA regional playoffs. Delaware wins the first game, beating All-American Larry Brown (Pitching with balls that are Taiwan Little League rejects), 1-0 on an unearned run--but only after the game is called after an eight-hour rain delay...
...successful invasion had been carried out so swiftly that it was a fait accompli before most parties were prepared to respond to it or to propose effective retaliation. Only the Japanese government acted decisively. Tokyo announced that it would delay promised grants and loans of $70 million to Hanoi until the situation became clearer...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Gov. Lamar Alexander said yesterday he will try to delay the release of 17 convicts--recipients of last-minute grants of clemency from outgoing Gov. Ray Blanton--as a federal grand jury continues to investigate charges that Blanton misused his power to pardon...
...NATO commander, Haig has won high praise from European leaders and the Carter Administration for his efforts to strengthen the alliance's defenses. But he disagreed with Carter's decision to delay development of the neutron bomb, and has expressed serious misgivings about the SALT II treaty. His tough anti-Soviet stance makes him attractive to some Republicans. But party pros say Haig's closeness to Nixon and the Watergate crisis will hurt his presidential chances, though they think he might make a strong candidate for the U.S. Senate, depending on where he settles when he returns...
...second frame, which was marred by a six-minute delay after Harvard's Trainor and B.C.'s Bob Hehir crashed through a piece of plexiglass, the Crimson found its offense. Rick Benson knotted the game at 1-1 with assists from Murray Dea and Bob McDonald. Then, Harvard took the lead for the first time on Scott Powers' tally set up by the Hughes brothers...