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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everyone on the Common wears a uniform. Those who don't wait outside, sleeping on the puddly cobblestone bundled in regulation down. And the Common itself wears the finest set of buttons and braid--15,000 specially painted 50-gallon oil drums and close to 18 miles of yellow polyester cord...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A City Awaits A Pope | 10/2/1979 | See Source »

...late afternoon, the boredom of the wait is over and only anticipation remains. The Pope has landed in America and will soon be celebrating Mass...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A City Awaits A Pope | 10/2/1979 | See Source »

...salvage the afternoon. In came Mike Buchanan, a sophomore with no varsity playing time and little Multiflex experience. At times it looked like this Alabama option specialist might pull off a miracle. But the reality of the afternoon was too overwhelming. The romantic finish would have to wait for another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Penalizes Crimson, 20-7 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...President Carter thinks the banzai bunny that he had to fend off with a paddle [Sept. 10] was "just a nice, typical Georgia rabbit," wait until he sees the nice banzai American public when the presidential election comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1979 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...especially can find himself paying more than he figured for his bullion. When buying or selling coins, for example, dealers commonly add a charge amounting to 5% or more of the market price. Thus someone who bought a Krugerrand when gold was at $380 last week would have to wait for the price to hit $420 before he could sell and get his money back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Glitter That Is Gold | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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