Word: logjammed
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...starving Biafrans some 30 tons of food and med icine per night-still only a fraction of the 1,000 tons a day that are needed. At week's end negotiators who have been meeting for four weeks in Addis Ababa made marked progress in clearing the logjam holding up large-scale relief. Meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie, moderator of the talks, they agreed to create both air and land corridors for shipments of food to Biafra's starving civilians...
This rebuff loosened the logjam a little because SFAC members now felt free to take positions without having to worry about automatic approval--just as the House of Lords feels a certain freedom about initiating daring legislation secure in the knowledge that the Commons will subject everything to close scrutiny...
...growing watch-and-wait mood among investors, who are nervous about the economy and Viet Nam, unquestionably contributed to the lower volume. For the straining back-office staffs who have been putting in grueling hours to overcome the paperwork logjam, that was just as well. A seven-man committee of industry leaders reported that since shortened hours went into effect Jan. 22, there has been a "substantial" reduction in the number of delivery failures among brokers. Such "fails" generally occur because brokers are unable to obtain stock certificates within the five-day period (raised last month from four days) allotted...
...ideas are certainly challenging enough, but Miller has failed to give them enough dramatic substance, substituting instead a logjam of self-justifying tirades. The lives of Vic and Walter, and the price they paid for their choices, are merely described, not dramatized. By contrast, Willy Loman's fate had an anguishing impact because of the subtly manipulated flashbacks in Death of a Salesman, which brought key moments of his personal history to overpowering and believable life on the stage...
...American Stock Exchange and in the over-the-counter market of unlisted issues. Most regional exchanges have adopted similarly shortened hours. The markets also decided to close for trading on Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12, to give back-office workers an extra day to whittle down the logjam...