Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wait till one horse passeth quietly close by and giveth thee the Knowing Look...
...cover to cover reader of TIME, I found the following in the Books section of your issue of April 19, 1948: 'This speedy, thrilling novel begins with a courtship so disarmingly warm and sunny that no reader will dream of the horrors lying in wait . . . Few readers will be able to put down Conspirator before they have reached the last gasp...
...strategists figured that a short visit with the home folks would win many Congressmen over to the Administration's side. Just to be sure, from A.F.L. and C.I.O. headquarters, orders went to locals all over the country. When Congressmen turned in the front gate, they would find delegations waiting on the front doorstep. A Democratic leader hopefully predicted: "We're going to pass a pretty good bill soon after they get back. You wait...
Born of War. Dr. Louis McCabe, director of the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District, was in no mood last week to wait for the scientists to develop elaborate new testing techniques, try them out and finally announce their findings. When McCabe's job (policing the air) was created 18 months ago, the crime of air pollution had been on the increase for seven years-ever since war orders made Los Angeles a small-parts arsenal. With near-dictatorial powers to shut down plants which disobey his smoke-curbing orders, McCabe has persuaded industry to appropriate $10 million...
Despair Among the Tunghsi. Daylight does nothing to light up the funereal mood of the city. The morning rush hour crowds on Chungshan Road are too dispirited even to shove or grouse as they wait for buses or pedicabs...