Word: waits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Francisco's chances seemed enhanced when Chairman William Morgan Butler of the National Committee declared himself for Kansas City, Mo. The Committee bridled and said it would not be led by the nose. Supporters of Committeeman William Henry Crocker of California obliged Chairman Butler to wait until the 20th ballot before they joined the draft-Coolidge delegates and the flatter-the-farmer delegates in obedience to Chairman Butler. The Republican National Convention will meet at "the heart of America," 1,089 delegates strong, on June...
...basis of which the U. S. has already sent to Turkey that alert and statesmanly "career diplomat," Ambassador Joseph C. Grew. Since the appointments of Ambassadors Grew and Moukhtar Bey have been an accomplished fact for months, some observers thought it churlish of Mr. Gerard to wait until the Turkish Ambassador was actually en route, last week, before delivering himself as follows: "The Senate will soon have an opportunity to express itself upon the so-called modus vivendi, and if it should find as we believe it will find, that it is illegal and unconstitutional then the Ambassadors must return...
...ambulance had to wait a (few minutes for Mrs. Busch who sat among her trunks until she saw them sent, not to her hotel but to the Appraiser's Stores-confiscated for examination. Courtesy of the port notwithstanding, Mrs. Busch & daughters were held suspect by the Treasury Department. A Chicago acquaintance of Mrs. Loeb's had, it seemed, notified the Treasury Department that Mrs. Busch & daughters would try to smuggle home jewelry and clothes...
Last week, a dull-faced, clumsy-looking man sat in his parlor; he was trying to entertain his friends. "Wait a minute." he told them, "I will get my accordion and play it for you." At this there was a soft hoot of derisive laughter. Girls nudged each other, men smirked and snickered. . . . Soon "Alf" came back into the room carrying an automatic "accordion" which he had purchased at the Mayfair Plaything Stores, in Manhattan. The instrument was beautifully made; it had cost $70, although a cheaper one could have been procured; it contained, completely hidden, a tone chamber made...
...beauty of statistics lies in the fact that nothing has to be done about them. They are sufficient as they stand . . . . They also serve who only stand--and wait...