Word: waits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Furthermore my religious convictions (and even my common sense) are affected by your quotation from Mr. Sunday, the evangelist, to the effect that God answers every prayer, but may answer "Yes," "No," or "Wait." This is an unworthy quibble upon the meaning of "answer," much like those from which our President suffered when he carelessly used the word "choose...
...Havana Pan-American Conference is clear and accurate. I find myself more and more dependent on TIME for the news. My reading of the daily newspapers is nowadays usually limited to glancing over the table of contents in my morning and evening paper. For the real news I wait until TIME comes, and then read that carefully. In this way it is possible to keep up with the world's news, and to make the most of the little leisure I have for reading outside of my own scientific field...
...spoke, in a last sermon, of prayer: "God always answers prayer-'Yes.' 'No.' 'Wait.'-but He always answers...
...assignments. But when one considers that the lectures in some courses do not cover the same ground as the contemporaneous reading, and that few courses hold quizzes directly prior to the examination period, the novelty of the Reading Period diminishes. Furthermore, the prospects of the examinations which lie in wait at the conclusion of the Period are a considerable stimulus to student industry...
Smack! With childish fervor, His Majesty bestowed a kiss of welcome. He now waited for it to be returned. He continued to wait. Prince Peter, bonny and button-round eyed, gazed vaguely around, oblivious of what was required, but beginning to be slightly concerned about his mother...