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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dutifully Covre made the rounds again, endured the usual waits and misunderstandings with minor officialdom. Returning one day from a five-hour wait at the price control office, he found angry customers waiting at his shop. He had never kept anyone waiting before. The customers canceled several orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Intricate Design | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...just that he was playing an unfamiliar position, or that at 28 he was pretty old for a rookie. He also had to turn the other cheek to abuses and insults. First he had to overcome the attitude of his fellow Dodgers, which ranged from mere wait-&-see standoffishness to Southern-bred hostility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rookie of the Year | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

They also serve who only stand and wait, even if it's only with a towel and a sweater. First football casualty of the season was a noncombatant, John P. Judkins '47, Varsity manager. He beat everyone to the bruise by reporting for pre-season practice with a bandaged wrist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Manager Beaten in Draw | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

They also serve who only stand and wait, even if it's only with a towel and a sweater. First football casualty of the season was a non-combatant, John P. Judkins '47, Varsity manager. He beat everyone to the bruise by reporting for pre-season practtice with a bandaged wrist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Manager Beaten in Draw | 9/18/1947 | See Source »

...might have to wait til classes start on Wednesday. But you can't borrow lecture notes the first day . . . Maybe I should get lost ???? Would he know his way around, though? Maybe I could meet an upperclassman that way. Or I could pretend he looks like Rufus McCoy who rescued me from drowning when...

Author: By Bunny Wintergreen, | Title: Stadium Viewed AsGrim Nexus of Local Manhunt | 9/18/1947 | See Source »

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