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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Varsity tennis players will have to wait until tomorrow for their big meeting with the Elis, as afternoon rains in New Haven yesterday forced postponement of the match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Tennis Match Set for Tomorrow | 5/13/1948 | See Source »

...cool hills of Darjeeling and Mussoorie; when the children were taken to school in England both had to be separated from them. "We (excuse me dear)," wrote Henry at last, "are so old that we may not see much of our children or they of us if we wait till our retirement." "Our separations," Annette said bitterly, "are expiations enough for holding [this] country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unlighted Places | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Instead of rushing from the darkness that fills the Exeter while "Nickleby" is on, wait around and see the other feature. "Quiet Weekend" was filmed over two years ago from the successful London play by Ester McCracken and has a east that is probably unknown in this country, even in Boston. The acting and the direction are so smooth and appropriate to the setting and story that they can go unnoticed as such. However, the superb comedy antics of Frank Cellier as the befuddled lover-fisherman, and that of Edward Rigby as the village tosspot, deserve singling out for special...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/5/1948 | See Source »

Your article entitled "Poison Pen" [TIME, April 12] has all the markings of a wait-till-next-week serial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 3, 1948 | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

Unplugged. Connors is an ex-jailbird. An ex-hot check passer and panhandler, he now & then augmented his income by filching nickels from telephone coinboxes. He would stuff toilet paper into the return slot, wait a couple of hours, then unplug the jackpot. He has spent over a year in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: Curley's Boys | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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