Word: waits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result. It grumbled; it complained; it envied other nations. But the British electorate was far from willing to say that Labor had failed. It knew failure was a definite possibility; but, even in the midst of the dull, grey frustration of postwar Britain, the majority still seemed willing to "wait and see" how Labor met the test of the next two years...
...This "wait and see" attitude was not passive. On the contrary, it was compounded of thousands of spirited public arguments and fireside chats that added up to British opinion...
...making much headway with these tactics. They cannot quite present the nationalization issue as one of bureaucracy v. free enterprise, because too many Britons know that for several decades British industrialists had gone in for Government-sponsored cartels which stifled competition. The smarter Conservatives are content to "wait and see" how Labor makes out over the next two years, although most of the Tory press carries on a campaign of puerile and apparently futile invective...
President Lou Perini of the Boston Braves decided not to wait for fall. He heard that Organizer Murphy had held a secret meeting with his players, promptly flew to Chicago to talk it over with his boys. Result: he agreed to cut out doubleheaders on days after night games and pay a minimum annual wage of $6,000, the paychecks to start with spring training...
...then switches to another track and slowly reels off a series of numbers; after each number in the code you repeat, "Hello, hello." If you get the combination right, the Ipsophone plays back the messages; if not, it emits a derisive busy signal. After hearing all the messages, you wait for a sign-off buzz, then pronounce, "Erase, Erase," and the record is wiped clean...