Word: waits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bowling that evening, so Henry Toy Jr., a Du Pont executive, went to the Parent-Teacher Association meeting himself. He learned a thing or two. The public school in Oak Grove, Del., where his five-year-old son went, was so crowded that the kids had to wait in line to get into the bathroom. Were conditions that bad in other Delaware schools? He learned that they were generally far worse...
...Cubs, they remain a mystery. Brown has released no information, so the Crimson quartet must wait for the whistle to reveal the Cubs in their true light. Sophomores will remember, however, that last year Brown gave the freshmen one of their few defeats...
...Park Street Church in 1812, is the windiest spot in the City. It seems one day the Devil and the Wind were making merry on Tremont Street, blowing dresses and parasols, when suddenly the Devil saw the open church door. "They need me in there," quoth he; "wait here." So the Devil went inside the church and never came out again. And that is why to this day the Wind, faithful to its evil friend, still blusters around Brimstone Corner and Old Granary...
Rocky Roads. By 1944 Farida was as discouraged over Farouk's endless procession of mistresses as he was over her sonlessness; she left her husband's bed & board and set up housekeeping alone. The king asked his advisers' permission to divorce her, but the politicians said, "Wait." Farida had sworn to remarry. If she had a son by another man that would look bad for Farouk. He waited. But last week, as the news of Britain's princeling reverberated around the world, he could wait no longer. "The will of Allah," he announced through his ministers...
Automakers brushed off the slump. They thought it was due to 1) a normal seasonal decline, 2) the revival of credit controls in September and 3) the wait for new models. In fact, General Motors last week was so confident of renewed demand that it thought it safe to boost prices $50 to $100 on 1949 Buicks and $54 to $112 on 1949 Cadillacs...