Word: waits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...haven't got time to wait," said a gaunter, older (72) George Papandreou one day last week. There was apology in his voice, for in his sweat to be Prime Minister he had just joined forces with Greek Communists...
Dark Victory. In Brisbane, Australia, William Young was fined $33 after he flew into a rage when a streetcar passed him by, chased the car in a cab, hopped aboard, punched the conductor in the nose as he shouted: "This will teach you to wait...
...small agents, barbers, news dealers, tobacconists, and drugstore clerks, whose "Don't Pass Your Luck" signs offer curbside service. In Sydney some superstitious ticket buyers write their names upside down on the application forms. Others enter the lottery office only by exits and leave through entrances. Scores wait under the lottery-office clock until the hour strikes before buying a ticket. One regular buyer steadfastly refuses to enter the lottery office until the nearby traffic lights turn green. Australian clergymen who deplore gambling as a "national malady" wage a losing war against the state lotteries; the Roman Catholic Church...
...after day in December, the missionaries flew over Auca country in a Piper Family Cruiser, shouting down greetings in Auca over a loudspeaker and dropping gifts of machetes, bright beads and clothing in a canvas bucket with a line so long that the light plane could wait, circling, while the Indians emptied the pail. One afternoon, catching on, the Aucas responded by sending up some presents of their own: feathers, birds and food. Thus encouraged, the Americans a fortnight ago landed hopefully on a length of the sandy beach of the River Curaray...
...Israeli scientists claim that their test is safe. But many other doctors believe that such tests are dangerous and may harm the child or mother. At any rate, nothing can be done but wait for birth to see whether the test is correct...