Word: waited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...official resistance was breached, Dr. Kübler-Ross found that the dying themselves were only too willing to talk. In four years the seminar has heard from 150 patients; there have been only three refusals. The author now understands why. "To live on borrowed time," she writes, "to wait in vain for the doctors to make their rounds, lingering on from visiting hours to visiting hours, looking out of the window, hoping for a nurse with some extra time for a chat, this is the way many terminally ill patients pass their time. Is it then surprising when such...
...patient may abruptly turn cooperative; the reward he seeks for good behavior is an extension of life. The author cites the poignant case of an opera singer, her face consumed by a fatal malignancy, who begged for a chance to sing one last time; thus, death would have to wait...
...last analysis," wrote Marcel Duchamp, the most cerebral artist of the 20th century, "the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of the spectator in order that his declarations take a social value and that, finally, posterity includes him in the primers of art history." Right now Oldenburg-and some of his fellow Popsters as well-seems assured of a place in the primers...
Nine-Month Wait. Despite some internal debate, the Administration has shown more inclination to defend its strategy than to change it. Paul McCracken, the President's chief economist, insisted last week that the economy is entering "a period of transition" and that "we must not lose our cool." He has impressive evidence to bolster his argument. The growth of the output of goods and services has slackened. Profits are expected to fall in this year's third quarter. Housing, industrial production, new orders for factory goods and stock prices have declined. Over lunch at Pittsburgh's elite...
...recruiting program. The program has succeeded, but the burden of keeping the freshmen interested and of developing them into varsity material has fallen heavily on Lamar. He cannot be expected to do both, and the resulting dependence on the JV program, while fruitful, is frustrating for those who must wait three years to play. Mike Georges waited three years and finally got his chance while he was still interested. Some people, like Frank Champs, get tired of waiting, and they can't be blamed...