That handicap has been on vivid display on the campaign trail, where Mr. Thompson describes waiting in line for two hours to vote for Mr. Obama, an experience he says helped motivate him to run for mayor.
None described waiting more than a few hours before bathing.
In her memoir Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton describes waiting to exit the hall in a queue of VIP limousines that moved so slowly that the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, rolled his eyes and moaned, in English: "I want to die!" When Obama finally arrived, Clinton told him it was the most chaotic event she had attended since her eighth-grade student council elections.
We sought to describe waiting time for outpatient nephrology consultations in British Columbia (BC).
But "walking in" here might be better described as "waiting in line".
However, in recent years, NME has described Waits as a "veteran singer-songwriter".
Ismail described gang members waiting in lines outside Islington's unit.
Russa Steiner, a widow from New Hope, Pa., described having to wait in line after line at a family assistance center, each time telling her story to a new official.
Later she describes telling Mr. Cunningham, waiting in the wings before a performance, that she had lost the "quality" of "Scramble," so long had it been since they danced it.
Cavett, in his monologue, must have had an inkling of what awaited him, when, searching for a way to describe the three guests who were waiting in the wings, said, "They're three animals, is what these guys are".
