Word: waits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cities that find it difficult to wait ten years to find out how big they are, were soothed last week when the Newspaper Feature Bureau of Wheeling, W. Va., revealed population estimates for Jan. 1, 1927. The 20 largest cities in the U. S. are as estimated...
...recall movement in Washington is quieting down. Even many friends of Dr. Suzzallo do not wish to push so drastic a measure as the recall against Governor Hartley; they can always wait until the next regular election (1928). Unless Governor Hartley gets into some new and bitter dispute with the legislature which convened last week, he seems likely to serve the remainder of his term...
Thereby the new London-to-Delhi commercial air route was inaugurated by a plane which flew exactly according to schedule. The only unwonted incident was a sandstorm which forced the machine to turn back and wait a few hours at Jask, Persia, last week. There the local Kahn of Kelat made the waiting time pass swiftly by commanding his minions to roll up a priceless rug from the floor and take down a jeweled swordl from the wall. The rug to Lady Maud. The sword to Sir Samuel. Then they flew...
...remains to be seen whether the Calles Government will dare to seize these lands, in defiance of the protests of Secretary Kellogg (TIME, Dec. 6). The U. S. State Department intimated last week that it would wait for a concrete instance of seizure before taking action...
Quite suddenly the wind dropped and all was serene again; so we ducked quickly into the nearest hollow, began to remove the wrappings from the action our guns, and broke out a few packets of ammunition. After this we hobbled our mounts and settled down to wait, in what Mulvaney calls "Invidjus apprehenshun." Nothing happened. We waited some more. Still no sign of our friends. Then "Eddie" called me over to his side of the depression and showed me a distant object, which my field glasses revealed as our strayed pet. We lost no time in retrieving...