The massive crowd waiting for trains at Guangzhou's station, forced to make do for days in makeshift camps, was estimated by the government at more than 500,000-strong.

在广州火车站等待列车的大批旅客被迫几天住帐篷过夜。据官方消息称，滞留广州火车站的旅客已达50万人。

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President McKinley, without waiting for the Senate to act, ordered the American military government in Manila to extend its control throughout the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Shadow Welsh Secretary Bill Wiggin told Tories that under Mr Howard, the party had become a "government in waiting".

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Tory banned from conference

But the impression that this is a party still in recovery rather than an alternative government in waiting was emphasised by a fuzziness over policy in many key areas from education and health to transport and defence.

ECONOMIST: On the up

The smaller size of the Lib Dem group means they're under less pressure to appear as a government-in-waiting.

BBC: State of Play 3 - The Lib Dems