Word: waits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...MacArthur glared at each other across the swamps and swirling hills of Bataan Peninsula. All the rounds so far had gone to the Jap. But he had not landed a knockout blow. He sat down to wait and think. That was a mistake...
...drops on the First Aid headquarters in Leverett House, should the headquarters be moved to another room in the House, or to the already prepared room in Lowell House? The Medical Department has refused to state definitely whether patients should be moved or whether First Aid workers should invariably wait for the doctor's arrival. The Hygiene Building has not prescribed definite remedies or precautions for definite injuries, leaving it to the discretion of the local units. No one is sure who should be done if it can't be reached...
...hrer, he said, promised to remember Japan in his will, by instructing the Germans "to bind themselves eternally to the Japanese spirit." In fact, General Yamashita was so hopped up that he said: "In a short time, something great will happen. You just watch and wait...
...next 45 minutes were the worst I ever experienced. . . . Fifty-five men and one plucky girl piled, exhausted and soaked, with their legs bleeding from coral cuts, into a launch licensed to carry 15. Forty men gave up the struggle and turned back to the island to wait. ... If the night on the island was miserable, the one aboard the launch was indescribable. Waves rolled over the deck where we were sprawled wet and shivering, but we were still hoping we'd make Sumatra before dawn brought Japanese bombers...
...what he had found, and a few months later a rival began to work them. In Panama he found gold, but could not get the metal out. With worm-riddled ships he tried to make the Spanish settlement on Haiti. He was forced to beach the boats on Jamaica, wait for months while rescuers, hoping he would die, refused to take...