Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...history of New England, and the westward expansion of New England people, should first, meet a recognized need of scholars of history and literature, and, second, the rising generation of scholars in a field that needs cultivation. In the study of American literature many large problems and topics must wait for final treatment until the detailed studies upon which they must be based have been made. At present there is almost no opportunity for the publication of these studies. The colonial and revolutionary history of New England has been written largely from a narrowly antiquarian viewpoint; the history...
...better qualified to speak than the student who has just taken an examination, and done rather poorly. Those thoughtful gentlemen who wander about the fringes of the multitude, banding out extra paper and maintaining an attitude of strict neutrality, mean nothing to the student whose eager hand can hardly wait to disclose a mind packed with information. It is only to the unfortunate who sees the lower gulfs yawning before him, and averts his eye in dismay, that external matters are of concern...
...automobiles and swept up to the gate of Count von Bentincks castle. Guards objected. Col. Lea's eloquence and the irresistible atmosphere of the Americans prevailed. The great gates opened. Within the castle a shrewd secretary appeared. Parley. The Kaiser was not immediately available. Would the Americans mind waiting just a little? The Americans were disinclined to wait, but already they had delayed too long. Dutch guards, grimly armed and in increasing numbers, tramped in from the chill night. Col. Lea and his supporters were forced reluctantly to leave without their Christmas present...
According to the message received from the officers of the company, resetting of the type and other incidental work would necessitate a wait of at least three or four months...
...second announcement in the form of a letter to Congress. This time he discussed sources of munitions instead of sums. Not only would the first two U. S. Field Armies run short of munitions soon after a war began, but, as things now stand, they would have to wait about a year to get more munitions. They would have to wait longer than that if U. S. factories had to be taught how to make munitions. Therefore, since modern armies fight on their factories as well as their stomachs, Secretary Davis asked Congress to amend the National Defense...