Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would be wiser to put some of our good intentions into cold storage and wait for more favorable circumstance. I wonder if we are not attempting too much at present. I would advise patience-go slow. A little later it might be possible to solve these questions to a larger extent, if not completely. There is a temper in the world today which makes the solution of these questions almost impossible...
...well-timed. American Airlines Inc. had already announced that its first transatlantic commercial flight, in a DC-4, would leave for London this week. Hastily, American tried to decide whether to drop its fare to meet Pan Am's rate. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., which could hardly wait to start transatlantic flying in DC-4s, suddenly cooled. It decided to postpone its Atlantic service until its fleet of highspeed, low-operating Constellations are delivered next month...
...Novels Can Wait. . . ." In 1940, Williams broke with the Herald because he felt it was wrong to be so Right, and in 1941, became press and censorship officer in the Ministry of Information...
...Island, whose title came from the same John Donne sermon as Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. He wants to write more novels, but "if you're asked by a Prime Minister and a friend to take on a job, the novels can wait...
...much is known as yet about the full effect of DDT on large areas. Thus far, wholesale sprayings have had some surprising-and bad-effects on birds, fish and desirable insects. People who plan to treat whole islands or townships had better wait until the scientists experiment some more...