Word: waif
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opened the mail box and took out the mail. There was a letter from Philadelphia, and a circular from Time, Inc., and an invitation to have someone from the Children's Aid Society as our guest for lunch. We had already had lunch, so we couldn't invite the waif to sit down to a square meal with us, but it started us thinking about our mail, and then about the Budget Message, and then about the mail again. Fortunately, we had the New York Times with us still, so we could look and make sure that it really...