Word: waited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...drive the 45 miles through Rio's encircling mountains to Petrópolis, where the delegates to the Inter-American Defense Conference awaited him. Truman's speech was roundly applauded. He made emphatic what Secretary of State Marshall had already indicated, that Latin American economic needs must wait on those of Europe. In fact, Truman told the delegates, he hoped that the American nations, "each according to its ability and in its own manner," would contribute something themselves...
...from the Canadian National's crack transcontinental No. 4 stretched their legs. A bright moon shone on stocks of wheat in nearby fields. In eastbound No. 4's cab, Engineer J. R. Gibson was impatient to get going, for he was behind schedule. But he had to wait for a westbound special. It was 10:45 p.m., near the end of a peaceful Labor...
...Pont (both in absentia) got firm tuts from a police court judge. In July they had been charged with racing each other in their cars; in August, they had got their cases postponed, twice. Now they failed to come to court. Declared the judge after a half-hour wait: if they didn't turn up next fortnight, he would really have to send...
...world's most beautiful city and the worst thing that ever happened to Brazilians-the largest city in the world that is unabashedly and with deep conviction a playground." Dr. Tavares can hardly wait till the capital is moved to the west, and officials can really buckle down to business...
...wood to keep it warm) in his tiny, book-crammed inner study. Lewis has informed the BBC that he is through with radiorat-ing, for an indefinite period. He has no immediate plans for further "popular" books, fantastic or theological. But Lewis admirers may not have too long to wait...