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Word: delayer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a four year delay, construction can begin as soon as the MBTA has vacated the site. Officials estimate that it will take about two years to clear the twelve acre yard before erection of the three-story building complex will start. Fifteen million pages of literature and documents concerning President Kennedy and his administration have been collected for the Library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Last Library Hurdle Falls | 1/7/1970 | See Source »

...readjusting the Supreme Court's balance toward a stricter constructionism. His voting rights bill would have the effect of weakening the Negro gains accomplished under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Even though the Supreme Court ordered "all deliberate speed" in school integration 15 years ago, the Administration sought to delay the process once again by allowing some Southern school districts more time to formulate their desegregation plans. Then the Supreme Court, in its first major decision after Burger became Chief Justice, unanimously rejected the delays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man and Woman of the Year: The Middle Americans | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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