Word: expect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...somehow heard before. There was a reason for that: this was his second leavetaking. When the Nazis had forced him out, he had said: "For all our citizens I wish better times in the future, both for them and for our beautiful country." But this time he did not expect to return...
...Kinsey Report is trying to caricature the psychiatrist. He cites one statement: "There are some psychoanalysts who contend that they never had a patient who has not had incestuous relations." Snapped Kubie: "There has never been and never will be any psychoanalyst who has made such a statement . . . We expect such distortions from occasional biased and irresponsible ignoramuses, but not from responsible fellow scientists...
Except in Saroyan's world, barroom philosophers who intrude on new customers with the words "What's the dream?" are seldom answered courteously; and when euphoria enchants any saloon for more than five consecutive minutes, you can expect a quick return of trouble, or boredom, or both. The face on Saroyan's barroom floor has something unassailably good about the eyes. But the smile is that of a swindling parson who is sure his own swindle is for the greater glory...
...Earl P. Haney of Winchester, Mass. was forced (by ulcers) "to give up a fine and highly paid position" and expect "a lingering death." He made what Author Carnegie calls a "rare and superb decision"; he set off on a round-the-world jaunt, taking his coffin with him. The undertaker has now bought back the coffin, and Mr. Haney, who stopped worrying en route, has "gained 90 pounds...
...Roux brothers do not plan to sell equipment. They expect to rent lenses to producers and moviehouses, hope to have all France supplied in two years. Except for a few first-run moviehouses in major cities, the U.S. will have to wait its turn...