Word: await
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Minister Cross was not talking. One day before the Whitton summary was released, his government set up a three-man commission headed by Chief Justice William Robinson Howson to conduct a "full investigation" into the policies of the Child Welfare Branch of the Ministry. Minister Cross said he would await the findings of the commission...
...Department of Agriculture told them that it might not buy a single mule. It would first have to consult with Mexican officials over what it considered exorbitant prices. Cussing the delay, which would cost them 50? a mule a day for feed, most of the dealers went home to await further word...
...Welles) made a corporation director in mother's new producing firm. Actor Wallace Ford beat a drunken driving rap by explaining that he drove the way he did because his whiskers kept blowing in his face. Ex-Ziegfeld Beauty Boots Mallory, arrested for drunken driving, was freed to await trial. Actor Lionel Stander & wife filed petitions in bankruptcy, listing assets of $3,150, liabilities of $33,772.77. Actor Lawrence (Dillinger) Tierney, who had been spending his weekends in jail for boozing, fought his brother in the street over a girl and ended up with 90 days on the road...
...must not compromise on great principles in order to achieve agreement for agreement's sake." He reminded the world that misery could not wait: "We cannot ignore the factor of time involved here. . . . The patient is sinking while the doctors deliberate. . . . So I believe that action cannot await compromise through exhaustion...
Last week, Val invited Chicago's two mayoralty candidates to press conferences. Though tired and busy, the candidates dutifully submitted to 45 minutes of questioning, and then left to await the printed verdict of Val's high-school journalists...