Word: waits
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...really talking. We maxed out my Swahili abilities long ago, and I’ve come to experience a whole new world called sitting in silence. It is as comfortable for them as it is uncomfortable for me; I am caught with indecision about whether or not to wait it out for the sake of cultural experience or gulp down the milk and run for my room. Fortunately the battery-operated radio is still bringing us Tanzania’s latest hits, and a healthy dose of Celine Dion’s greatest hits— just enough noise...
...public or private) should the girls go to? Who should be the new Secretary of State? Goldendoodle or corgi? But there's also the little matter of finding a new church. When you resigned your membership at Trinity United Church of Christ in the spring, you said you would wait until after the election to worry about finding a new church home. But the moving vans will be pulling up to the White House before you know it, and I understand that with two wars and a crumbling economy to deal with, you may not have had time to focus...
...suggestion so long to implement. Still, barriers remain. According to Bhabha, the current economic crisis will influence the implementation of any concrete plans.One year after Faust’s announcement, the Task Force is still in its incipient stages. In essence, this is an exercise in waiting: Harvard students must wait for the report to be released, but more importantly, they must be prepared to wait, probably many years, for the changes that the report will suggest. —Staff writer Alexander B. Cohn can be reached at abcohn@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Meredith S. Steuer...
...million lonely people with their heads in the sand / Trying to make some sense of what they don’t understand / Waiting on somebody just to give them a hand.” Within just a few lines on the opening track, the central vision of Travis’s new record, “Ode to J. Smith,” is made painfully clear: man is alone, confused, and just desperate for a little help from his friends.And in the beautifully (but bleakly) rendered world that Travis crafts, he will wait and wait and wait...
...greatest challenge of all for President Obama will be the one set for him by candidate Obama. A Diageo/Hotline poll conducted after his election showed that two-thirds of those surveyed are now confident that "real change" is coming to Washington. How long are they willing to wait for it? Hope can fuel a campaign, but Presidents are measured by results...