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Word: waited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They did not have to wait long. A German officer ordered all men to stand forward. A helmeted detachment of SS men led them away to a nearby barn. There they were shot, in batches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Murder at Oradour | 7/24/1944 | See Source »

...When they decide to have a child, couples who use contraceptives must usually wait three months or more for conception to occur. The wait increases by about two months for every year that contraceptives have been used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cures for Childlessness | 7/24/1944 | See Source »

Protected by the Army from publicity, serious-minded Colonel Stewart has also protected himself, staying at his base, avoiding interferences, parties, newspaper men. Cinema fans would have to wait until war's end to hear anything but military comment on the swiftly rising career of James Stewart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: Mr. Smith Goes to Town | 7/24/1944 | See Source »

...Chinese and the world would have to wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF CHINA: The Unpredictables | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

...only 26 miles apart across the savage mountains. They fought toward each other in wild, monsoon-sodden terrain (see map). But even if they succeeded in joining, it would be only a token. The real consideration in this remote. Godforsaken battleground is a road-and the road has to wait for clean-up in the rear, and until other terrain suitable for road-building is cleared by the fighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF BURMA: Pick's Pike | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

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