Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Though I sometimes have to wait around for a ship fitter or rigger, I know that I'm there when occasion demands and when I'm welding or tacking that someone else is waiting for me to finish, since we both learned a long time ago that "two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time...
...have not yet begun to fight." "We want to wait until after the elections." Such statements are worth their salt in reminding us again what is the most precious machinery we have in this country-that delicate and irreplaceable equipment which carries highest priority ratings on all time and material: our well greased political machines...
...done we deal with this problem in a realistic way we shall be retired from public life. I think that is of almost no consequence. I do not think it is important if any of us comes back to the Senate." George urged Congress not to wait for the President, but to take things in hand itself...
Night raids on Germany were not enough. The R.A.F. had found daylight raids both necessary and feasible. Necessary because the wait for light cloud-covered bombing nights grew too long while the sands of the Red army trickled away and shipping off the U.S. took a terrible licking. Feasible because Britain's newest four-motored bombers, snub-nosed Lancasters, could get up enough speed, carrying several tons of bombs, to raid Germany and return with conservative losses. On three successive days last week Lancasters and slower, longer-ranged Sterlings swept over the Ruhr to paste steel mills, factories, electric...
...combat crews and starting tactical cooperation with the R.A.F., General Spaatz could leave details to his bomber commander, husky, seasoned, 46-year-old Major General Ira Eaker and to his fighter commander, whose name has not yet been announced. Real U.S. participation in big-scale bombing would have to wait until their organization work was completed and plenty of equipment was on hand...