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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...case is pending in a Paris court, it has to wait; the judge is sailing a catboat on the Riviera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Paris Was Never Lovelier | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

...Wait till next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wait Til Next Year | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

Stargazers, as they wait for newer, bigger telescopes to be built, long for a short cut to a better look through the light years at unexplored outer space. Last week University of Chicago Astronomer William A. Hiltner completed laboratory tests on a new "image-converter" that may increase telescopic visibility a hundredfold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Telescopic Short Cut | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

Algom, unable to wait, moved into Elliot Lake this year, and began building bachelor dormitories for its construction workers, can convert them later into apartments for families. "If uranium proves to be a long-range proposition," said one of Elliot Lake's planners, "we see no reason why this town shouldn't grow to 20,000." For Pronto's executive and professional staff Hirshhorn put up a community of ultramodern ranch houses along the shore of Lake Lauzon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Billion-Dollar Empire | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

...crane, held on to its hook, and called out, "I want to stretch my back." The crane operator hoisted him a foot off the ground, let him hang for a few moments and then lowered him gently to earth. After that, he joined his wife and Lady Campbell to wait for the official word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jet on the Water | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

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