Word: waits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was so much hubbub over the Wallace ouster that no one thought much about his possible successor. That could wait. Harry Truman went off to seek weekend sanctuary on the presidential yacht...
...arguments will undoubtedly be heard that the Connecticut squad is merely a good small team which has built up an excellent record against mediocre elevens of its own size. Amateur prognosticators can turn out copy by the reams on such introspective discussion, but all question and hypotheses can better wait until Saturday afternoon, when an estimated 15,000 experts will be on hand to see for themselves...
Until this term, veterans had to fill out applications for books, submit them to the book staff, and wait a day or two to have them typed and approved. Now, as Mrs. McCloskey explained the process, the veterans simply list the books they will need, get approval at a checking desk, and, shortly after their entrance into Mem Hall, are ready to pick up their books in Square shops...
...impossible. What the hell! They can save a few souls here while they wait." As sailing day came & went, a few missionaries went to look wistfully at the Marine Lynx, still in the battle grey of a wartime transport. Others hopefully kept their bags packed, swapped rumors at the church teas and receptions given for them. The bon voyage mass meeting at San Francisco's Opera House ran off as scheduled; 3,700 turned out to hear Mayor Roger D. Lapham and TIME'S Editor Henry R. Luce wish them well in the Christian task ahead...
Until mid-July, there was not even a serious contender for Armed's title. Then a patched-up cripple, Lucky Draw, scooted around the Jamaica track in record time, carrying a fluffy 105 Ibs. Said the experts: "Wait until they put some weight on him." They did, and Lucky Draw broke three more records...