Word: waited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...convinced that now is the hour to act, and by a bold stroke, we'll get it. For the life of me I can't see why we should wait until kingdom come to give security to the workers of America...
...conference decided to send petitions, and to organize delegations to wait upon Governor Ely requesting him to pardon the seven prisoners, who have already served one month of a six month sentence. The delegation will contain many professors as well as students...
...Fifth Avenue smartshop. Shrewdly she chose two black gowns, both very simple, very tasteful, very expensive. After lunch, to her great delight, a police escort cleared the way to City Hall. Bumbling Mayor O'Brien was out. Said Annie: 'I ain't going to wait. I'm just as Irish as he is." She had tea with caviar in a swank restaurant, dined with Showman Samuel L. ("Roxy'') Rothafel, saw a preview of Lady For A Day. Taken to a farewell supper, she waltzed, drank, acted as if her Day were to last forever...
...suite at the Ritz-Carlton newshawks found Sidney Freeman with a headache. He was busy now offering cash to prize-winners who would otherwise have to wait months for their money from overseas. He would pay $145,000 for a $150,000 ticket. Asked if he had bought any tickets on the winner, he remarked cheerfully, "I thought I had one, but I found I hadn't. Well, we take a loss of about $150,000. It does not matter so much. . . . I'll be back in January...
...grip of acute Deflation, neither her bankers nor the Government want another spectacular suicide. Last week was a good time for a smart Frenchman like André Citroën to sell his life dearly. Having hurled his ultimatum he sat back and did not have to wait long...