Word: waits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WAIT A MINIM! There are two sets of stars in this musical revue from Johannes burg: a talented octet of young South African satirists, dancers and singers, and the mbira, timbila, kalimba, tampura drone, and other jungle instruments so primitive they are supersophisticated, so ancient they seem avant garde...
Sukarno had already been tried and convicted by the mobs that clogged Djakarta's streets last week. Once again, the vocal anti-Communist student organizations ignored pleas of the generals to wait for the trial to indict Sukarno. "Court-martial Sukarno!" cried the youngsters. They tried to invade Sukarno's presidential palace three times, were finally driven back only when troops attacked them with fixed bayonets and rifle butts...
...unexpected height. Amid a tangle of French fortune hunters trying to undo the clothing and the purse strings of a noble Scottish family, Sagan finds room to run Wilde. "If I married you," a girl tells her libertine fiancé, "how long would I have to wait before betraying you in order to remain à la mode...
...plain language, Volpe's announcement means one one of two things is going to happen. After the election, his administration is going to wait some convenient length of time (perhaps as long as several months) and then simply announce that Brookline-Elm is still the best choice. Or--and this is what opponents of Brookline-Elm obviously want--he is going to make a complete reversal and choose the Portland-Albany St. route...
...Ford led the way in announcing auto price increases, only to be forced into a rollback when General Motors followed with a less expensive list. After that embarrassing experience, Ford was pretty much content to wait until G.M. had set the industry's price standards...