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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stars don't necessarily wait for the stork either. This week, to model a maternity wardrobe on Today, Singer Helen O'Connell, who is conveniently pregnant, will be joined by Dave Garroway's expectant wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Everybody's Doing It | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...would not be visible in the United States for about a week or ten days. Its orbit was such that it did not cross this country during the hours of morning or evening twilight, the only times at which it might be seen. The Moonwatch teams would have to wait until the orbit moved, or "precessed, enough for observation to be possible...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Smithsonian Astronomers Keep Hectic Pace | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

...wait in here, I'll be back in a minute," she said, showing me into a room through a purple door. The room held a curious assortment of decoration: an oriental rug, a Japanese figure lamp, a serapecovered chair, and flower prints surrounded a green modern couch half circling a round, low table on which an alligator and a black jaguar crouched...

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: Mrs. Star | 11/8/1957 | See Source »

Sullivan refused to make any comment on the defeat of the two referendum questions. He also refused to make a statement on what he intended to do about the appointments for the school committee. "You can wait and report on it when the time comes," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mayor Leads In Race For City Council | 11/7/1957 | See Source »

...Nope," he nudged his mangled kit with a sneaker toe. "Mostly we just stand around and wait," he shrugged. "I gotta do it." A street light blazed and George leaned wearily against the wall. "It isn't much fun," he whispered and stared very hard at the brick patterns of the sidewalk. I left, quietly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Sidewalk | 11/5/1957 | See Source »

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