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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...heroes, the patient men on patrol, riskers in convoy, victors at the River Plate, raiders of the Altmark. Warmly he lauded the Air Force; women who have lost their loves and sons, who fight with knitting needles and save every scrap; eager men who could not wait to be drafted; civil servants burning themselves and midnight oil; employers taking on unfamiliar chores; laborers sweeping away the concessions they had won in years of picket and strike; farmers, plowing shorthanded, clerks lending their savings, children leaving their homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Town Hall, Beer Hall | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

...have been allowed to continue musing in this delicious manner. Finally, he forced himself to leave his chair and wander outside--the night air was crisp, the snow was an iridescent mass of white, and a haunting theme kept running through his sleepy mind. Vag went into hibernation to wait for the next Stradivarius concert on March first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 2/28/1940 | See Source »

...other hand, the Swedish General Staff was known to favor armed intervention now rather than wait for the Red Army to reach Sweden's frontiers. Although the Swedish press is generally well controlled by the Government, the Handels-och Sjofartstidning of Goteborg spoke up sharply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDINAVIA: Sweden Failed | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...Tannenberg in 1914," the proclamation went on to announce that the Wang Ching-wei puppetry was ready to go, China's supply routes from the south were cut, and therefore the Japanese had no desire to extend their occupied areas. "In the future." it concluded, "our forces will wait for offensive moves by the Chinese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Cannae, Tannenberg, Nanning | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

Author Wells did not wait for England's great debate to draw up his own Rights of Man, which are right there in the book. "Every man without distinction of race, of colour, or of professed belief or opinions" is entitled, he declares, to: 1) security; 2) education; 3) a job he likes; 4) free trade; 5) private property; 6) freedom of travel; 7) protection against imprisonment; 8) fair trial; 9) protection against violence; 10) freedom of thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rights and Hopes | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

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