Word: await
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some time in 1964 three U.S. astronauts will wriggle into a bell-shaped Apollo capsule, strap themselves into contour couches and await the blast-off into a challenging two-week adventure. Through the capsule's windows, they will see the flash and smoke of blastoff, then the approaching clouds, the indigo sky, and finally the star-speckled blackness of outer space. Later, as they view the looming surface of the moon, they will begin another countdown to launch a smaller detachable capsule for a lunar landing. Before the astronauts see earth again, their skill and nerves will be severely...
...Kennedy got up to make a few remarks. As he spoke, there was a thud. There, on the floor of the candlelit State Dining Room, lay 54-year-old Overseer Laurence Mallinckrodt, who had had a mild heart attack. After Mallinckrodt was made comfortable on the floor to await an ambulance, the President and his company discreetly tiptoed around him and assembled in the Red Room for more talk and a few old school songs. > Got word that his three dogs, Charlie, Pushinka and Clipper, will wear District of Columbia dog licenses Nos. 1, 2 and 3, beginning July...
...streets of the capital, and a heavy dread of reprisal set in. By nightfall his men had gunned down six people, including two motorists. The U.S. embassy warned the 1,000 Americans in Haiti to stay clear of Port-au-Prince, stock up on food and water, and "await advice from the embassy...
...first great riot of the twentieth century started May 18, 1952, when several students met in the Yard to await an appearance of Walt Kelly at a "Pogo for President" rally. Charges of police brutality arose from Cambridge's handling of the riot that ensued, and 28 students were arrested and taken to court. With the assistance of defense attorney Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, then Mayor of Cambridge, they managed to escape sentences...
Then Egypt's boss rapped out a succession of telephoned commands. To the air force: alert the bombers and fighters in case the Syrian rebels call for help. To the navy (six destroyers and ten submarines): steam northward and await orders. To the army: prepare to move in case the Israelis might be thinking of intervention; place missiles on launch pads ready to fire...