Word: waits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lose this war right here at home thinking it's almost over. I'm against censorship. Tell the people the truth. They've got to know how tough it is, anyhow. . . . This country is in for a shock. . . . The war hasn't even started. Wait until Germany and Japan begin fighting on their own soil...
...Hitler Would Not Wait." The U.S. had its assets, if they could be used in time-an aircraft industry already at work on French and English orders, a mechanically apt youth, a small backlog of trained personnel. And in spite of everything, nine types of combat plane were already in production: the Flying Fortress (B-17), Liberator (B-24), Mitchell (B-25), Marauder (B-26), Lightning (P-38), Airacobra (P-39), Warhawk (P-40), Thunderbolt (P-47) and Mustang...
Hotels, garages, warehouses, parking lots were leased for instruction centers. Qualified officers said it would take at least three months to set up an officers' candidate school, but "Hitler would not wait" that long. A conference was held on a Wednesday; the first classes were held, in leased hotels in Miami Beach, the following Monday...
...given the 20 railroad unions the same terms-anything within reason, but the line must be held. He had warned the 1,450,000 railroaders to call off their strike by Dec. 27. Three of the 20 unions balked. Said Mr. Roosevelt: "I cannot wait until the last moment." That night reporters stayed on & on at the White House, for Secretary Stephen Early had refused to "put the lid on." At 7 p.m., in a 1,100-word statement, the President gave Secretary of War Stimson complete power over every one of the 233,670 miles of railroad track...
Dolly De Milhau, wartime correspondent for Town & Country, reported from the Florida front: "Next time you're wondering where anybody is, I suggest you come down to Miami Beach, park a camp chair . . . and just sit and wait. Sooner or later everyone you've ever known or heard of is sure to wander by. ... As for the maid situation, there are no maids in Florida. Everybody does her own housework. The usual household consists of a nurse for the children, a cleaning woman two or three times a week, and Madame with her sleeves rolled up the rest...