Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that Sinco was getting something for nothing. But the deal was put through by a vote of 7,648,244 to 835,959 shares. In effect, Sinclair bet that the stock would sell above $13.25 in the next three years -and stay there. He did not have long to wait. When the news of the dividend increase hit Wall Street, Sinclair stock promptly...
Back in New Jersey, added Senator Toolan, Mrs. Cromwell subjected her husband to "the acme of refined cruelty . . . when Mr. Cromwell's valet . . . was compelled to wait several hours . . . because Mr. Cromwell's bedroom was occupied by his successor in his wife's affections." A deposition from Mrs. Stotesbury stated that her daughter-in-law frequently trav eled without Jimmy, "and with companions of which my son deeply disapproved...
When Stalin reads an illiterate document, Yakovlev reported, he growls and says: "Look what this illiterate man says. But if one tries to tell him about it, he will say he is illiterate because his parents were peasants or workers. That is no excuse. Our enemies do not wait to ask about our parents...
Chancellor Shea did not know when Father Orlemanski might reappear. He said: "It is usually customary to wait until a matter like this has quieted down and then settle it privately." In the Catholic Church, the Soviet Gov ernment had at last run into an opponent whose political astuteness matched...
After riffling through records of some 35,188 obstetric cases, Dr. Eastman concluded that: i) a baby born twelve months after a previous birth has just as good a chance to be healthy as one that has had to wait longer; 2) the longer the interval between births, the more likelihood of a mother's suffering from a type of pregnancy poisoning associated with high blood pressure. Reason: the shorter interval enables mothers to have more children during youth, the best child-bearing time...