Word: delayer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think it’s as disruptive as having a condensed fall semester,” Ke said. His main concern, he added, is that Tulane’s winter semester begins on Jan. 17, before Harvard’s fall term exams are complete. The delay in reopening Tulane and Loyola is mainly a result of the condition of the city of New Orleans, not the damage sustained by the universities themselves, officials at both schools said.“The city just wasn’t ready,” Tulane Director of Public Relations Mike Strecker said...
...When the Pakistani army finally arrived on the third day, they found the local people furious over the delay. The soldiers were cursed, and at one school where 200 children lay buried under concrete slabs, the parents hurled stones at the troops as they tried, days too late, to clear away the rubble. By day four, enough troops had arrived to set up field clinics and start evacuating the injured by helicopter. Hundreds waited for evacuation, and each helicopter could carry only a few stretchers...
...DELAY, Texas Congressman forced to relinquish his title as House majority leader after he was indicted last month, proclaiming his innocence last week after his second indictment...
...indictments in two weeks for Tom DeLay--now that's the kind of thing that could give Congress a bad name...
...gracefully means to let nature take its course while doing everything in our power to delay the onset of age-related disease. Or, in other words, to live as long and as well as possible, then have a rapid decline at the end of life...