Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could a veteran pilot like Veldhuizen have made such a drastic mistake? Harried by an already lengthy delay on Tenerife, the study speculated, he may have rushed his takeoff to avoid violating a KLM rule against crew overtime. Erratic weather conditions may also have pressed him. The radio "whistle" could have blipped out some essential communications, and imprecise language, by both tower and KLM crew, may have confused matters even further...
John Sereda, assistant circulation manager for The Globe, said yesterday any suggestion of a deliberate slowdown on the part of the drivers was "absolutely false" and attributed the delivery delay to a new driver on the route who has had trouble getting used to the schedule...
...State Department had previously granted visas to Patriotic Front Leaders Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. Nonetheless, State hesitated to give Smith an entry permit, on the ground that the U.S., which has honored the U.N. sanctions, considers his government illegal and has no diplomatic relations with it. After the delay raised editorial eyebrows and congressional hackles, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance ordered that Smith be given a visa "on an exceptional basis...
...Japan and whirlwind tours of businessmen are no way to solve the critical imbalances in world trade caused by Japan's insatiable urge to export and parsimonious reluctance to import. In fact, such cosmetic exercises only give the illusion that something is being done and delay the looming showdown when Japan is finally forced to realize that it cannot indefinitely disrupt the balance of trade in the world without itself suffering the consequences of the disorders that are bound to follow...
Controversy once more surrounded Brooke yesterday when House of Representatives Special Investigator Richard T. Wertheimer claimed in his resignation statement that Brooke's representatives tried to "delay and frustrate" the probe of his financial affairs...