Word: delayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could come from another big hike in world oil prices by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which has scheduled a price meeting in Qatar for Dec. 15. Last week talk swirled around the world that OPEC might post only a small interim increase (5% or so) or even delay any rise until next year. Oil-burning countries can only hope that OPEC does hold off. The U.S. State Department, which has been waging an unusual public campaign to forestall an oil increase, warns that a 15% boost would cut a full percentage point off the economic growth rate...
...evidence of the South Korean scandal. While State Department officials acknowledge that relations with South Korea have been severely strained by these revelations, they are quick to publicly assure President Park of America's steadfast military commitment. Concern about public support for this commitment has probably contributed to the delay of the official investigation. Suspicions of South Korean covert activities have existed for a decade and tangible evidence has been in the possession of American officials for at least four years. And yet these officials have only recently gathered the energy necessary for an effective investigation...
...conviction?" When the justices nonetheless voted to stay his execution, Gilmore last week appeared before them in shackles and said calmly: "I was given a fair trial. The sentence was proper. I'm willing to accept it like a man and wish it to be carried out without delay." A few hours later that same day, the justices rescinded their stay of execution...
Both those reasons for delay have now effectually disappeared. The election, of course, is over. And last week the Office of Management and Budget estimated that spending in fiscal 1977, far from soaring beyond expectations, will actually run slightly below the $413.1 billion called for in Congress's budget resolution. Nor does it seem probable that the lagging economy will speed up spontaneously. Quite the contrary: all the numbers are going the other way, and economists are once again lowering their forecasts...
Utah Governor Calvin L. Rampton has delayed the execution pending a review of the case by the State Board of Pardons. The board was schuduled to convene on Wednesday, but had to delay the meeting until December 6 because of an unsuccessful suicide attempt by Gilmore last Tuesday...