Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What in hell are we supposed to do, sit and wait for another "bloody monument to divided responsibility," as Pearl Harbor is described by Colonel Hugh J. Knerr [TIME, June 1], before the powers that be, in the Army & Navy, skip traditional arguing and realize the vulnerability their collaboration deems...
...pointing out that a good number of Freshmen do so each year with great success. "Plan your work wisely," he advised, indicating that men with relatively low I.Q.'s nevertheless frequently make a good record at Harvard because they do their work as it is assigned and do not wait until the very last minute to prepare for tests or examinations...
...stepped aside just in time to avoid the oncoming rush of Yardlings trying to beat the Mem Hall clock on their way to the meeting at New Lecture Hall. "Ha!" said Vag, and walked on down the path. "The little fat one on the end will never make it. Wait till we get him down on Soldiers Field; will he sweat! Push-ups. Ha!" With a grunt of superior satisfaction Vag felt himself settling back into the well known channels of college life. He'd learnt something from his three years...
Fathers who accompany their sons are permitted to run the registration gauntlet with their progeny, but mothers are politely seated at the East end of the Hall and told to wait...
...Wait & See? No one with the voice of authority straightened out the confusion. Aircraft manufacturers said only "Wait and see." But there was much to see without waiting. U.S. aircraft production was good, not only for its vast growth but because it had been kept fluid; new types could be produced without wrecking production of older types. And the performance of U.S. aircraft in battle was good, too, will be terrific when new types now in production reach the battlefields in quantity...