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Word: waited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This speedy, thrilling novel begins with a courtship so disarmingly warm and sunny that no reader will dream of the horrors that are lying in wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Serpent in Uniform | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...wait till one horse passeth quietly close by and giveth thee the Knowing Look...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Chinese Dopester Tells All | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

...through interceptions or fumbles, the Green players get a chance to run their own attack. Scrimmages are rugged. "It's funny," muses Valpey, "how many of the boys have already discovered there are other things they'd rather do than play football. But if you think this is rough, wait till next fall...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: 'Boom-Boom, Till They Get It,' Valpey Discloses | 4/17/1948 | See Source »

Does the State of Oregon actually believe that a child of 12 or 13 once sexually enlightened will wait until, let's say, the ripe old age of 18 to put into practice what he's learned? I doubt it. ... Talking about sex only breeds desires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 12, 1948 | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

Douglas wants a "strong, alert, and mobile military machine" to back up this course of action. Whether he feels Universal Military Training and Selective Service necessary is undisclosed. Specific declarations may have to wait until closer to convention-time. For the moment the Justice has set forth a liberal credo that is remarkable in vision and courage...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Justice Douglas Tosses a Credo into the Ring | 4/7/1948 | See Source »

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