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Word: waited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOMIC AGE: Patience, Patience | 10/29/1945 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Devil Take the Hindmost | 10/29/1945 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Attlee's Early | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Attlee's Early | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Careful with DDT | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

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