Word: waiting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Oklahoma City. In the law offices of Richardson, Shartel, Cochran & Pruet, he found his man, now a prosperous oil lawyer. Godbey spotted him in the hall, blurted out, "I have a divorce case." For a minute, Lawyer Pruet eyed the stooped, grey-haired stranger. Then he turned away, muttering "Wait a minute." Godbey drew a .38 and shot Pruet in the back twice, walked out of the office and vanished into the late afternoon crowd...
...that point, Weizmann got a warning. Said his friend Lloyd George: "You have no time to waste. Today the world is like the Baltic before a frost ... it is still in motion. But if it gets set, you will have to batter your heads against the ice blocks and wait for a second thaw." The warning was almost too late. In 1917 the hard-pressed British had had good reason to win Jewish good will, especially in the U.S. and the Austro-Hungarian empire. After the war they had equally good reasons, they thought, to keep their promises...
...stumbling over people's feet, and hear voices whispering. A voice hoarse with age or cold: "From Greifswald you come? Last night?" A woman's voice, dull and flat: "Not much, about 60 marks left." A man's voice, strong with impatience: "How long must we wait? Do they think we are cattle?" The voice of an older man, speaking assurance to himself: "All will be well soon-when we are on the plane." The angry voice again: "Fool . . . There will be no plane...
...division heads eyed their competitors, but they weren't having any trouble selling their own cars-yet. Cadillac, for example, boasted a backlog of 113,000 orders and up to 17 months' wait for delivery; Chevrolet, 1,500,000, and up to a long two years-all depending on the dealer's allotment and backlog...
Applications for American and Canadian students to study this summer in England will close March 1. The Institute of International Education, 2 West 45th st., New York, will accept applications only from residents of the United States. Canadians will have to wait until a Dominion representative is chosen...