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Word: waited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dangerous at present, it will soon become so if allowed to continue unchecked. The fact that Marshal Foch has planned within the last two weeks a line of defense on the French border and a strategic point of march into Germany is decidedly significant. One does not wait for a smouldering fire to break into flames before making any effort to quench...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "TIME LOST" | 1/4/1921 | See Source »

...longer will the weary student be forced to wait painfully upon himself, no longer will the spacious halls be desecrated by Waldorlian self-service--he has but to touch an ivory button--or is it mother-of-pearl?--and a page will bear to him the article desired, be it a package of chewing-gum, or--bitter-sweet reminder of past glories--lemonade and water! Well may the shades of the Puritan stand agape; well may the Blue Sunday advocates hold forth; the finesse of Greece and the luxury of Rome have descended upon Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNION DE LUXE | 12/4/1920 | See Source »

...advisability of numbering, the players on the football team. Anyone who has watched the Princeton eleven must have noticed how convenient the numbers were; at a glance it was clear who caught the forward or gained on an off tackle run. It was not necessary to wait for the tardy and uncertain services of the score-board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHO'S WHO | 11/6/1920 | See Source »

...advisability of numbering the players on the football team. Anyone who has watched the Princeton eleven must have noticed how convenient the numbers were; at a glance it was clear who caught the forward or gained on an off tackle run. It was not necessary to wait for the tardy and uncertain services of the score-board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHO'S WHO | 11/3/1920 | See Source »

...Union will be the program of popular music to be given by the University Band, which will play at intervals from the beginning of the meeting until 11 o'clock. The Union will be open all night and returns will be announced as late as members may care to wait for them. Light refreshments will be served as ordered up to the regular closing time of the Union and the Living Room will be arranged so that members may lounge and smoke while the returns are being compiled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELECTION RETURNS TO BE ANNOUNCED IN UNION | 11/2/1920 | See Source »

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