Word: waits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transplanted Sicilian woman, Serafina Delle Rose. After the death of her smuggler husband, she locks herself up in her Gulf Coast shack and spends three years worshipping his memory and his ashes, which she keeps in an urn in the living room. But three years is a long wait for a woman of Sicilian temperament, and the end of her seclusion is in sight when she finds out that her lamented spouse had been keeping other company. So when a bachelor with the body of her husband but "the face of a clown" walks into Serafina's house, the result...
...hoped. Not until seven years later could he dispose of his priceless possession, despite an exhibition in the Library of Congress. Samuel finally used an intermediary to complete a deal with the Hebrew University, for a reported quarter of a million dollars. It was worth the wait...
...purse, and Juscelino had to leave school. At 18, having taught himself Morse code, he qualified as an operator in the Minas Gerais state telegraph system. He left home for Belo Horizonte, the state capital, with one spare shirt and a roast chicken. During the months he had to wait for an opening, he lived largely on bread...
...wanted to fire Sutherland immediately," said Cherberg. "[Athletic Director] Harvey Cassill told me to wait." While he waited, Sutherland went out of his way to sympathize with rebellious players, "said things would be different if he were head coach." Fired at last, Sutherland promptly landed a job as head coach at Washington State College, the Huskies' archrival...
Through a Glass Darkly. In Sacramento, Calif., William Jaglas was arrested when he was found inside a shoe store after closing hours despite his explanation that he broke the window when he leaned against it, crawled inside to wait for the owner's arrival in the morning...