Word: awaiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when the Vagabond got out to see the damage only a few grimy spokes emerged from the depth. Always helpless where mechanical resourcefulness is needed, the Vagabond made a few futile attempts at digging with a jack handle and then sat down on the running board to await in patience the arrival of a lift to the next town...
Conversely the new emphasis upon the critical examination of particular problems will impress upon concentrators in this field, the dangers that await the dabbler. The body of knowledge which relates to the adaptation of man to his society must still, for the most part, be interpreted by the use of more experimental hypotheses. In a field which deals with countless variables, the very existence of many of which are scarcely realized, there can be no exact scientific laws. Superficial study has a tendency to discover order where there is none, and it is only by thorough investigation of restricted portions...
...Britannia' is NOT the most marvellous paper that has ever been produced. It is NOT controlled by supermen and superwomen. The whole world does NOT eagerly await the appearance of 'Britannia' every Friday morning...
...tackles to that of line coach received no definite confirmation last night from W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics. According to Mr. Bingham, the choice and appointment of the football coaching staff lies entirely with Coach Arnold Horween '21, and final substantiation of any report must await his arrival in Boston about the middle of next month...
...Since it gave a fortune to Secretary Mellon, Mr. Mellon had written a letter about it. And Mr. Mellon had said he didn't want the money. Enforcement, wrote he, needed study. Ways must be found to perfect coast guarding, to relieve court congestion (at present 21,000 cases await trial), to improve enforcement personnel. Mr. McBride looked over this letter and was inclined to agree with...