Word: delayer
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...Alfred Jodl to negotiate complete surrender to Eisenhower. The Germans' only goal now was to yield as much territory and as many troops as possible to the Western Allies rather than the Soviets. Eisenhower refused any deal and told the Germans that "unless they instantly ceased all pretense and delay I would close the entire Allied front and would, by force, prevent any more German refugees from entering our lines...
...noon on Monday, May 7, millions had heard the news, but the Allied governments still refused to confirm the story, apparently because of a Soviet request for a delay until a formal surrender in Berlin could be arranged. Several hundred thousand people milled around for five hours in New York's Times Square, sober, uncertain whether to celebrate or not. Ticker tape fluttered through the air, then stopped. Finally Mayor Fiorello La Guardia bellowed through a loudspeaker, "Go home ... or return to your jobs...
...Reporters Hugh Aynesworth and Jim Henderson contending that Lucas' claims of serial murders were a perverse hoax. Lucas told Aynesworth in 1983 that he had killed only three people and was claiming more murders in an effort to ridicule the police. Lucas knew that his ongoing confessions would delay a transfer to the Texas death row at Huntsville...
Harvard was also done in by its nine penalties—including three offsides penalties and one for delay of game—leading to nine extra-man opportunities for Cornell to just one for the Crimson. The Big Red scored on four of the nine chances...
...best results, set picture quality to fine and resolution to the highest pixel count. Tell subjects to keep still, and hold your hand steady even after you press the capture button. There's usually a slight delay before the image registers on the device, so any movement could blur the shot...