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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Government employment is a privilege, not a right, and we don't have to wait until a man is convicted of treason before we can remove him from a position of trust and confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE CASE RECORD: BROWNELL: | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

...World Inside. "Everything here [in the U.S.] is supposed to be exciting, tremendous. So it is up to us artists to give a quiet feeling. When I come on stage, I wait until I sense the people. Sometimes they are afraid, tense; they don't know what to expect from me. When I start to sing, I try to show them by my face what the music is about. Then I can see them relax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Soprano at the Met | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

...wishes to sit with a friend in a younger class. Juniors, for example, who want to go to the game with sophomores should be allowed to buy tickets with the sophomore class. This would be more fair than the present system, in which both such juniors and sophomores must wait until the open period at the end of class days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Theory and Practice | 11/28/1953 | See Source »

...lacrosse coach, William Harkness, however, said last night that Yale will wait to see what the Crimson decides before setting its plans. Since only Harvard and Yale lacrosse teams were going to Bermuda, it would be pointless for either one to go alone, he said. "We would like to cooperate with Harvard," Harkness added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Men May Go to Florida Instead of Bermuda Next Month | 11/27/1953 | See Source »

Radcliffe students taking hour examinations in Memorial Hall for the first time are always surprised and indignant that male proctors are instructed to follow them to the rest room and to wait for them. They regard this both as ungentlemanly and as a serious encroachment upon their venerated honor system...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Honor Bright | 11/25/1953 | See Source »

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