Word: waits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like Senator Pepper, Military Pundit George Fielding Eliot declared: "We have ample forces available for [the seizure of Dakar] . . . and the scale of resistance to be expected now is far less than it will be if we wait until the Germans are there in force. . . . But we must act now, while there is time. Tomorrow is certainly going to be too late. . . ." If the President even thought of taking Dakar with the weak U.S. Atlantic Fleet (see p. 22) he gave no sign of it. At his first press conference in two weeks, showing no signs of his illness except...
...long employed such a system, with considerable success. It is simply a matter of filling in some of the deficiencies caused by recent budget cuts with governments funds--a policy which, while in a sense justifiable, seems contrary to the administration's declared plans. And P.B.H. must once again wait for the pot-of-gold which has long been...
Ismet would wait until Curzon had exhausted himself in an eloquent tirade, then apologize for his deafness and ask Lord Curzon to repeat the argument...
Louisville Courier-Journal: "Why do we wait? What are we waiting...
...worried are the judges over the closeness of the Varsity race that they have ordered a camera with a telescopic lens mounted on a building overlooking the finish line, and if the race lives up to its expectations, they will wait until they have photographic evidence before rendering their decision...