Word: stall
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before last night's conference, Marxist activists were questioned by the Harvard police for soliciting donations on University property. Although the activists eventually were allowed by conference organizers to set up a stall for their newspapers--just a few feet from the portrait of Reed in the House dining hall--the irony of the moment was not lost...
Buddy starts to stall. "Well, we'll be glad to pay our debts," he says, "But if do, will you let us join in on the...uh, peacekeeping...operations in the Persian Gulf...
...already suspicious because of the burglary in [Adams] F-41 this weekend--a radio got stolen, said Fernando. "As soon as he left, I called the police." He said he then tried to stall the suspected thief, but the intruder bolted down the stairs, beginning the chase that took Fernando and three friends down Adams House's E-entry stairway...
...Crimson dominated the game, easily controlling the ball at midfield and the Providence end. At times the team looked like it was practicing stall tactics, passing the ball back and forth away from the Lady Friars...
...million workplaces. Indeed, Labor Department statistics suggest that workplace safety has improved substantially since OSHA was created in 1970. The rate of job-related illnesses and injuries declined from 11 per 100 full- time workers in 1973 to 7.6 per 100 in 1983. But then progress seemed to stall. The rate was back up to 7.9 per 100 full-time workers...