Word: waited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sorry," she said, "but my maid says she danced with several of you young men last night and simply can't bring herself to wait on you. She says she went to a carnival and danced with lots of young gentlemen...
Tenants of modern office buildings fret if they wait more than 30 seconds for an elevator. This impatience cost Manhattan's Empire State Building nearly $400,000 for extra elevators. The space those elevators occupy takes more than four acres from the building's rentable space. The Empire State owners could have saved space & money by running 20 double-deck elevators to the 80th floor instead of the present 36 single-deck passenger cars which go that high. But the owners figured their building would quickly fill up with tenants whose rents would pay for the extra elevators...
...mutinied, put Bligh and his supporters in a dangerously crowded open boat and let them take a chance on reaching land. Narrator Byam was one of several non-mutineers who had to stay with the ship. The Bounty then returned to Tahiti, where the innocent sailors settled down to wait for a British vessel, while the mutineers sailed off, self-condemned never to see England again, to find an unknown island where they might be safe from pursuit...
...Genoa): "If I were Mayor. New York would give this ship a grand show on her arrival-with fire boats and all the trimmings New York loves!" Captain Francisco Tarabotto (while Citizen Walker rushed back to his hotel for some left-behind papers'): "I will not wait one minute after twelve o'clock noon!" Five thousand Italians (standing at Fascist salute on Genoa piers as the Rex sailed with Citizen Walker aboard at the last minute): "Viva Italia!" U. S. Ambassador to Italy John Work Garrett (a passenger) : "The ship is magnificent-so luxurious, spacious and comfortable!" Ginlio...
...higher price is given for the second year. But unlike landlords in other cities, Manhattan owners thus far have insisted on leases, have made few month-to-month arrangements. Because the average apartment house in the city is not much better than 85% rented, many a renter planned to wait until after Oct. 1, confident of being able to hammer out a bargain...