Word: waited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emergence as the free world's greatest power, there had never been a more sobering reminder of the limitations of American might within the self-imposed limitations of American foreign policy. As the principal guarantor of South Viet Nam's independence, the U.S. could do little but wait patiently in the wings while its ally played out a perilous drama that clearly endangered both nations' most cherished aims...
...WAIT A MINIM! Light of hand, light of heart and light of foot, this musical revue from South Africa is keenly aware of and distinctly amused by more magnetic centers of civilization...
...remove statutory tariff restrictions against Eastern Europe, it has been quietly shelved. Congressmen, especially in an election year, do not care to risk a "soft on Communism" label. That leaves Bridge Builder Gronouski frustrated. "This is the time to get into position," he told reporters in Budapest. "If we wait five or ten years, the opportunity may pass...
Most seniors apply early in the year, then wait with dramatic desolati "My fate depends on a couple of people sitting in an office 2,000 miles away," says a Yale senior. Vanderbilt Senior Robert Thiel worked three days on his application to Yale, including a five-page essay and translation of a long English paragraph into German and French, got a one-sentence rejection. He spent five hours on his Stanford application, got a two-paragraph form rejection. It took him only 15 minutes to apply to the University of Virginia, where he was accepted...
...Cuban airlift can handle only a trickle of the flood of Cubans who would leave for the mainland if they could. For those who are barred by Castro or lack the patience to wait as much as five years for a plane seat, there are other routes. Last week four Cubans hijacked a 43-ft. government mineral-resources boat and tootled into the Florida Keys. Seven others put into Marathon, Fla., in a 16-ft. sailboat, and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued an other twelve Cubans in a small craft just off the Cuban coast. But the week...