Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Apparently Winston Churchill could not wait. This week he turned up in Moscow to see Joseph Stalin (see FOREIGN NEWS). The British and the Russians had certain mutual problems (Poland, the Balkans). But there were still big question marks that required the presence of all three to solve: 1) what to do with Germany; 2) how to decide what Dumbarton Oaks left undecided. Said the Administration source: the Big Three will keep their post-election date "whether or not the President is re-elected...
...held until the war prisoners and labor conscripts have returned. Since this is likely to be months hence, there will probably be a long interval before a freely elected government assumes office. This means the provisional regime may be in power a long time. Will it have to wait indefinitely during a period of crucial decision affecting the future before enjoying normal relations with its Allies...
...about the Churchill-Roosevelt declaration. And they were cool, too, to the news that General Giovanni di Raimondo had been invited to London for transportation talks, Banker Enrico Scaretti to Washington for Red Cross consultations. A common remark was: "Yes, that's very nice. Now let's wait and see what really happens...
...those months the writers became so closely identified with the very courage and determination which has finally beaten Hitler back that they all developed muscular, bitter, mystical, adjectival writing styles, which they still employ in the sweeter days of triumph. Those were the days when Simonove wrote Wait For Me - the words of a soldier to his wife: Wait for me, wait very hard -Never give up hope, even if they all say I am dead; Do not believe it, but wait...
Last week Bankhead could wait no longer. It was Congressional vacation time, and his Southern voters were waiting for some proof of the $50 million gift from the taxpayers. Bankhead turned on the heat; Marvin Jones hastily ordered the Commodity Credit Corp. to start buying cotton at parity, beginning Oct. 2. This was believed to be a temporary policy of expediency, to apply to the 1944 crop only -but the consternation in the trade was the commodity news of the week...