Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington jail, Oilman Harry Sinclair had hoped to hear the Preakness results over the prison radio (see p. 12). But the radio would not work. He had to wait for the newspapers. When he read them he discovered that one of his horses, Patroness, had won a preliminary race...
...student may indeed be frowned upon. . .and with considerable reason. Nor are the professors to be criticized for the inability or unwillingness to grant this academic entre-acte. But by the same tokens the enthusiastic assertions of the college authorities in support and praise of the reading period should wait upon a broader investigation of the facts...
...Atlanta, one Walter Dorsey, Negro chicken thief, explained his technique to the judge: "I just sprays 'em with chloroform. Then stand back and wait. In about five minutes they flop off the roost and are ready for my sack...
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...Williamstown, Vt., one Charles Snow packed his bag and set out for big Boston to make his way in the world. He told Fannie Simonds to wait for him. That was 60 years ago. The Snows, 76 and 73, are now on their honeymoon...