Word: waits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Under an 1865 ruling, graduates must wait five years before they can vote in the overseers election. The board's chief function is to approve appointments made by the President and Fellows of the University. It consists of 30 alumni -- five elected after each commencement for a six-year term...
...department also intends to hire a group of professional musicians to perform the works of young composers. At present, composers have to wait for special concerts of student pieces to hear how their music sounds; that usually means waiting until the end of a term, when most of the special concerts are scheduled. With the proposed group, students could test out their compositions at intermediate stages in their writing. The professional musicians will also provide live music for classes and seminars...
...compelling sincerity. Both were good on stage, and at times Miss Hawkins managed an intensity of voice and expression which lifted her performance out of the production. Had the rest of the play been done slapstick, they could not have had their poety. But what tedium while we wait for them to enter...
...British bid was taken up last week in De Gaulle's Cabinet meeting, and a spokesman emerged to describe the French government's attitude as "a very British one: wait and see." Since negotiations are not likely to get under way before next fall, De Gaulle has plenty of time to ruminate. Just to keep in his hand, however, he announced that he would hold one of his command performance press conferences on May 16, at which he might-or might not-have something to say about Britain and Europe...
...computers Counting attendance. At one point, officials had to send people down to "eyeball" the entrants. Because of the tangle in counting arrivals, Air Canada had to cancel its plan to reward Expo's 1,000,000th visitor with a trip anywhere in the world, decided to wait until the computer-totalizer was working well enough to pick out a 2,000,000th person...