Word: waites
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Upon reaching them, I had to wait five minutes before they stopped laughing at the fact that I had watched the whole first half--then we started to analyze the longevity of the league...
...blocks to a pickup point, from which she was bused to all-black Monroe Elementary School, although all-white Sumner School was located just two blocks from her home. And unlike cities in the Deep South, where whites began a generation of resistance to desegregation, Topeka did not even wait for the court to rule before taking steps to amalgamate its black and white elementary schools...
...could no longer be suppressed. The U.S. emerged as a global superpower, committed to the defense of allies against another superpower, the Soviet Union, and its clients. The chances of shooting incidents multiplied greatly. The terrible power of modern weapons increased the premium on fast action, which could not wait for an old-fashioned declaration of war. The threat of nuclear holocaust dictated the need to limit whatever wars did start. That also worked against declarations of war and simultaneously made difficult, if not impossible, a clean-cut victory...
...wait, don't go home yet. Take the time to scan the 270 courses listed in the Summer School catalog, and you'll discover that many can't be classified as reading, 'riting or 'rithmetic...
...should not act alone in the Persian Gulf, critics say. Why not? Should Washington wait for Europe? The U. N.? The Soviets...