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Word: stallings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, he stands at a crucial thoroughfare. Again and again, he has turned the path of legislation and confirmation into his private turnpike -- pay Jesse's toll or wait forever. Last week he was at it again. In an effort to stall the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement, he even questioned Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's authority to sign the treaty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JESSE HELMS: Scourge of the Senate | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

...actions of the Board of Overseers and the University administration in the last few months amount to a grand stall tactic, or a massive expression of spinelessness, or both. While the President has every responsibility to argue for or against divestment in the abstract, it is cowardly for him to prevent the Board from issuing its opinion in a similarly clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Clock is Ticking | 4/20/1988 | See Source »

...make sure in the second half of the race that we concentrated well," Harvard coxswain Jim Crick said. "In rougher waters, the oar sometimes catches and you stall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Heavies Hound Brown | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

Resolution of the eligibility issue would remove a potentially significant stumbling block in the unionizing process. The HUCTW, which is seeking a quick election this spring, has accused the University of using the eligibility issue to stall for time, a charge University officials have denied...

Author: By Thomas C. Troyer, | Title: HUCTW Looks to Gain Spring Election | 4/6/1988 | See Source »

...computers. Presentation Manager is virtually identical to Windows 2.03, and any legal restraints placed on Windows can be expected to apply with equal force to the IBM program. That is the real target of Apple's suit, says Richard Shaffer, editor of Technologic Computer Letter. "Apple wants to delay, stall, confuse or otherwise hold at bay IBM's Presentation Manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imitation Or Infringement? | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

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