Word: waits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reception committee of vice squad sleuths and Australian customs men wait ed at Sydney Airport to greet Sir Eugene Goossens, 62, composer of 64 worthy musical works (e.g., The Apocalypse), conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 1947 and maestro of the Cincinnati Symphony for 16 seasons before that. London-born Sir Eugene, thrice-married father of five daughters, was startled by such a homecoming after a European concert tour. So were his welcomers. The "prohibited imports" strewn through Goossens' luggage: some 1,100 "indecent" photographs, several naughty books and movie films, three strange rubber masks...
...average traveler, Intourist is indispensable. Malia found it so on numerous occasions as well. As he put it, "I didn't have eight hours to wait in the railroad station to get a ticket." So he would use Intourist. Most people would find themselves quite dependent on this organization, which in many ways is unfortunate, since it is virtually impossible to obtain anything more than a vague impression of the country and people with its help. The paradox is that without it, travel in Russia would be impossible for most foreigners. Malia was lucky he saw so much
Moving to a reception room, he called a staff meeting, said he would wait "until I have had a chance to learn more about GSA" before making specific changes. But he added pointedly that when he moved from the Pentagon, he left "a better organization than the one I had found there. What did it was new blood. New blood always improves an organization." Floete admits that he has done a lot of floating about in the business world. "But," he points out, "none of my enterprises flopped." He does not, he makes clear, intend GSA to be the exception...
...corpus from the federal supreme court and deploy themselves for an appeal. As a matter of course, Adhemar issued a manifesto before he took off. "My flag will not be lowered," it read. "Without hatred or rancor for those who attacked me so cruelly, I ask the people to wait quietly for better days. Justice is often tardy, but sure...
Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 asked "how can we wait until Monday if it is an emergency?" Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, meanwhile, declared himself ready to take over the police department if the Monday council meeting passes Vellucci's order...