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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whole is not much good despite its Kcasional brilliance. Please do not be too lard on it. To really appreciate TV network-news shows-and TIME-a person must live in a provincial town like San Antonio. Were it not for TV and radio, we would have to wait a week to learn anything about events other than who shot whom in what tavern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 21, 1957 | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...spent nearly two years completing his self-set assignment, traveled by car, private plane, horseback and at times proceeded on foot, machete in hand. Most difficult site was Yaxchilan in the almost inaccessible Chiapas jungle. To get there, Guzman had to fly in, clear the site by hand, wait for days for a break in the rain. For a view of what Guzman brought out, including the first color shots of Yaxchilan's monumental "Palace of the King," see ART, "A Few Baktuns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 21, 1957 | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

...sheriff served the citation on the woman's husband, a Massachusetts resident. After the required 21-day wait, the counsel requested a date for trial at Essex County Court. The date was assigned, and preparation of the case commenced...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Student-run Law Bureaus Donate Counsel to Needy | 10/18/1957 | See Source »

After a short wait they spotted the rocket arcing over the horizon at 6:09 a.m., and hailed it with hearty shouts of "Skoal" accompanied by numerous toasts. After the object had disappeared, the tutors returned to calculate the results of their observations. Some of the party, however, were unable to compute with any exactness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tuxedo-Clad Tutors of Lowell Arise Early to Observe Orb | 10/16/1957 | See Source »

...second part is McHugh's A Minute's Wait. McHugh is less well-known than O'Connor and Lady Gregory, and his play is the slightest of the three. It is a plotless romp around a rural railroad station, and can best be described as fifteen Irish Alec Guinesses, turned loose in front of a camera. Good fun, and a fine contrast to the somber opening of the final piece...

Author: By Mcdaniel Ofield, | Title: The Rising of the Moon | 10/15/1957 | See Source »

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