Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...installed in 1902 (his rollicking sons used it to haul their patient pony Algonquin to & from their quarters). U.S. Presidents had frequently been stalled in the ornate mirrored and oak-paneled cage. The only power a President had in that emergency was to ring a gong, then wait while workmen hurried to the basement and jiggled the rachitic machinery back into motion...
...content because I know you will wait...
...Switzerland for their hot tempers, had driven 200 stocky, combative cows up to the high pastures just beneath Alpine peaks. There the select 200 plunged into wild battle. They proved their cunning by dodging heavier opponents and victors of previous years. They showed their sportsmanship by stepping back to wait if the opposing cow slipped on the wet grass. The victor, having pushed or frightened away all other contenders after 3 days of cow combat, emerged as "summer queen...
...late Roger Bigelow Merriam, original Eliot House Master. "Ratchford," Merriam declared, "the way to get to be a full professor here is to stay around the College. If you're here long enough, you're bound to get an endowed chair." So Ratchford heeded the tip, and began to wait hopefully for the inevitable day. He's still bucking for section...
...tables filled him with a feeling of nausea. He had tried to alleviate it by going to the Radcliffe sector, but the scenery there wasn't much more inspiring. Every time he looked up, those Reading Room walls seemed to be closing in on him, and he could hardly wait for the hourly bells to toll, which for him was the signal to go downstairs for another cigarette...