Word: waits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...verdict on 1975, like the verdict on its Bordeaux, will have to wait a few years. Was it the year that saw Portugal firmly placed on the road to socialist democracy or simply a prelude to dictatorship by the extreme right or left? Was it the start of a new era of independence for Angola or the start of a long, destructive civil war? A watershed in Spain, the Mid-East, South Boston and Northern Ireland--or just the beginning of more of the same...
...Much that I know has come from Frank Fisher," he adds. Both agree that students should learn a skill--like international finance or pianotuning--to sustain their confidence and keep them solvent while they wait for their occupational ships to come...
...wait a minute now, says Frank Rich. That's just not the way it is. "First of all, I'm engaged to be married in April," he says. The townhouse is almost a mile away from Central Park, way over on the East Side, and Rich has only a small, fourth-floor apartment, so he is always walking up and down stairs. He does work at home, but he does not own a bathrobe and he always types fully dressed...
...alone in a car that late at night? Where were they heading, if not for the ferry? How much had they to drink? Was Kennedy under the influence when the car careened off the bridge? And most importantly, why didn't Kennedy call for help, and why did he wait so long to report the accident? The diver who retrieved Kopechne's body, John Farrar, said that Mary Jo could have been saved by prompt rescue action, and in light of that evidence the last question is the most damning...
...started snowing this New Year's Eve. Big deal, you say, what a drag. But in Birmingham when it snows you simply can't drive. You have to wait until it stops and starts to melt. Because in Birmingham it really does melt. It doesn't lie around, grotesquely, like huge lumps of frozen spit, for you to trip over and break your neck. There is a mystique about snow in the South. I think it is because it vanishes so fast. It doesn't stay and harden to annoy you with its grey horror, but leaves, like a good...