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Word: waits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most violent regimes in the history of mankind." How can we justify taking in the Shah "with his umpteen billions of dollars that he'd stolen from Iran," Kennedy demanded, "and at the same time say to Hispanics who are here legally that they have to wait nine years to bring their wife and children to this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kennedy Makes a Goof | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Though the music was not billed to being until 8 p.m., the crowd started building outside the coliseum around 1 o'clock Monday afternoon. By 3, the police had arrived to keep watch. With so long to wait, the kids tried to keep a party mood going. There was some drinking, some grass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Stampede to Tragedy | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...Robert S. Brustein, our audiences wait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Christmas Reuelry | 12/14/1979 | See Source »

...Ashram will wait until the city resolves the Buddhist case before pushing its own suit...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Religious Group Awaits Tax Exemption and Permit | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

Similar stories of crime are coming from other cities. In Tianjin (Tientsin), the local press last month reported on "criminal elements who provoke fights, rob pedestrians and humiliate and insult women in broad daylight." In Peking, there have been reports of small bands of young men who lie in wait in dark alleys to rob passersby. In Hangzhou (Hangchow) last month, two brothers were sentenced to death-and one of them immediately executed-for having raped 106 women over the past five years. In the southern district of Shaoguan (Shao-kuan), nine teen-agers were seized after assaulting a woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Pickpockets, Muggers, Thieves | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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