Word: awaiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general tone of optimism pervaded the three rival camps in the University on the eve of the presidential elections. With the active campaign a thing of the past, managers of the three parties await demonstration of the success or failure of their efforts in the balloting today...
...French admiral, De Grasse, controlled all the Chesapeake coast; and now Washington was behind Yorktown on land with 16,000 men. Lord Cornwallis issued his orders. Detachments would attempt to cross the river to Gloucester Point; and, if the crossing could be effected, all would follow and there await reinforcements from General Clinton. Towards midnight, the detachments attempted a crossing; but the storm had risen higher; and all returned to Yorktown, hopeless, with the dawn...
...await the death of his father for the Emirate of Mecca. As King of Hejaz, he is automatically Emir of Medina, the place to which the profet of Mohammed fled from Mecca to escape his enemies, where he died and where he is buried...
...worse. If Mr. Heyes is as pleasing in straight roles as he was Monday night as the young man about town--a much abused epithet--who misjudges his alcoholic capacity, Mr. Gilbert's absence will not be noticed. Miss Hammond, too, was all that could be desired. We shall await with interest her portrayal of more exacting roles...
...known whether Premier Smuts would resign because of the unfavorable results of the elections, or whether he would await defeat in the Assembly on a vote of confidence...