Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Donald, at that, is fit to be tied. But the radio goes to work on him. "Taxes to beat the Axis!" it chants. When the Duck realizes what armament his money will buy, he can't wait for Tax Day. His pen, blotter, inkwell, account book go to work on his short-form income-tax blank (for incomes under $3,000). Donald finds he owes a $13 tax. He scurries all the way to Washington to get it in on time...
...Providence, Mrs. Filomena Fazatta, nearing 108, looked forward to getting her final citizenship papers in 1944, observed: "I am healthy. I can wait." In Manhattan, Mrs. Peter Christman turned 100, declared: "There are too many people in the world." In Norristown, Pa., Ellwood Paul, 101, complained about living so long, jumped to his death...
...Liberty Belles, of San Antonio, Tex., were not content just to stand. They "danced for their country" at soldiers' balls and Army post parties; senior hostesses gave an average of four evenings a week for "the morale of the Army." Not content to stand and wait either were thousands of Junior Leaguers and the Women Flyers of America...
...costs around $162, a pack or riding mule around $184. From its hybrid ancestry, the mule inherits some sturdily pig-tailed virtues. It is as tough, wise and sure-footed as the ass, as strong and willing as the horse. Under fire, when horses go mad with fear, mules wait philosophically until led to safety...
...Corp. were fired without warning last week-not by the company, but by the U.S. Treasury. Despite the company's recent attempts to Americanize* itself (TIME, Nov. 10), the Treasury has had 50 agents inside the place for a month, fingering their figurative triggers. Last week they could wait no longer...