Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They also serve who only stand and wait - and more often than not this cat-at-every-mousehole policy eventually pays dividends in the kind of vivid, human stories we hope you have come to count on in TIME...
...course, your battalion commander knows more about the situation than I do," he said smoothly. "But maybe we ought to get in there fast and exploit this barrage." Back at the outpost, he commented: "We're going to attack in half an hour." But he did not wait. He was off to other forward units, riding with one long leg astride a fender of his jeep...
When Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser took over management of bogged-down Brewster Aeronautical Corp. last March (TIME, March 29), many a U.S. businessman, weary of the Kaiser legend, could hardly wait for him to fall on his face. Last week they smirked with anticipation. Evidence piled up that Brewster, which has knocked out four managements in two years, was softening the miracle man for the kill...
Because of the proximity of the two dances, and that of the civilian Houses, the attendance, and therefore success, of each group would be affected. The Committee figured that since the Freshmen and V-12 were both having dances through their respective residences, the combined affair could wait until next term when it would probably have a bigger turnout...
...already here--or at least the billet list--and that it is the finest group of billets ever offered to the School, also that sea and foreign shore billets comprise over 90% of the lot. The only way those rumors will ever be proved or disproved is to wait until the billet assignments are announced; and it is obvious that this announcement cannot come for several (are there enough left to add up to several?) weeks...