Word: waited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Grossman was turned down at the last minute because she was not yet a citizen. Since her parents were not themselves U.S. citizens, Grossman had to wait until she was 18 to begin the citizenship process. "If [the application process] had gone according to schedule, I would have been able to work at the EPA," she says...
...vestiges of the pre-perestroika era remained on Saturday. Upon check-in, you were issued an index card that was either pink and read EXAM in Magic Marker or was purple and tagged COLLECTION. Then, despite the fact that the place was crawling with agents, you were directed to wait your turn in a row of empty chairs. When your name was called, you were passed through a metal detector and ferried upstairs to an undecorated 6-by-6 cubicle. There you met the agent who would pore over dot-matrix printouts of your financial woes...
...kept his public comments pointed but brief while lining up unanimous support for the Security Council resolution condemning Iraq, then turned to the harder task of enlisting allied support for military action. The President has never been one to rush into major military engagements. He prefers to wait until opportunities present themselves. In Bosnia he agonized and delayed for years until the warring sides were exhausted, then bombed the Serbs to the peace table. But he knows there's no time for that now. As he draws nearer to the brink, the President will have to do a better...
They did, mostly as the band's second stage was dismantled for use as a second band cage. The agonizing wait--and its cause--only underscored the insufficiency of the venue and made one ache for the return of the band's organic sound...
...dietary fiber of an apple. Don't get me wrong, grapes taste great. But there are plenty of other things that taste great that we don't have in the dining halls. (Chocolate bars come to mind.) And if you're such a big fan that you can't wait to make it home for the holidays where (presumably) a juicy bowl of your favorite fruit awaits your arrival, I'm sure there are several varieties of grapes on sale this week at Sage's or Star Market. In the meantime, let those of us who would rather...