Word: waits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conclusions of the Commission are not final. By using different years, different regions, etc.( for calculation, different results, even calling for an increase of tariff could be obtained. Therefore it is better to wait for a longer period of stable conditions before changing the tariff...
...yacht, leave him in Europe, later have an idyll with a boy-artist, who in turn leaves you, then it is a natural thing to settle quietly on the French Riviera. There your past blends with the background. You anoint your conscience with self-pity. You maneuver and wait in righteous patience for the boy-artist-or something equivalent-to seek you out. After years of waiting, you become very, very lonely...
...their way back. The success of this search would rest largely on whether or not Amundsen had got marooned on drift ice, which would carry him southeast, around the tip of Greenland at the 'rate of about 10 miles a day. MacMillan's third plane would wait at Etah or Cape Columbia in case the rescuers needed rescuing...
...that the Directory is firmly in its saddle and there is no likelihood of its being unhorsed. It has kept a firm hand on the reins; and its riding, if not superb, has at least been good (balanced budget, improved financial condition, order at home). The Spanish Nation must wait until the Directory dismounts; and, on the whole, seems content to do so. Even the Radicals have said: "Better the Directory than a Romanones Ministry." * Moroccan Foot. In the pristine pride of its advent to power, the Directory was firmly convinced that it could batter the turbulent Riffs into submission...
...Cambridge before tomorrow afternoon may obtain their copies of the Senior Album at the Crimson Building between 7.30 and 8.30 tonight. Only a limited number have been rushed through to supply those men who will be unable to get them at the general distribution tomorrow. All those who can wait until then are requested not to apply this evening...