Word: expect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...assemblage had expected to hear resounding words about democracy. Instead, they were haunted by a ghost out of the past. To the rostrum stepped Fritz von Unruh, one of Germany's greatest writers (Way of Sacrifice), a Junker officer who turned pacifist. Exiled by the Nazis, he had spent nearly eight years in the U.S. His grandfather had been the parliament's presiding officer. Von Unruh reminded his listeners that again & again since 1848 Germans have trampled freedom to death in their own country. When his audience squirmed, he peered from face to face. "What did you expect...
...Leaf. After surveying the disaffection and devastation in the central Luzon provinces, President Quirino was back in Manila last week. Said he: "I made the trip to learn exactly what the people expect from the government and what they have against it. . .I think they are ready for the government and officials to turn over a new leaf." Quirino ordered the constabulary to withdraw its patrols, not fight unless attacked. To Luis Taruc, the Huk commander, he sent word that he was ready to offer a general amnesty if the Huks would turn in their guns. But lean Communist Luis...
...Canadians," said Abbott, "are realists. We do not expect to get something for nothing." In that belief, he had given them a completely realistic budget. Though "we have stopped the abrupt decline in our exchange reserves," said he, and "our domestic economy has continued to boom . . . the general policy for this year should be to use our surplus [$670 million] to reduce our debt and thereby to fight inflation . . ." The nation should get set for an economic slump, and be ready for an international emergency. "A substantial surplus will help to keep our powder...
...place in this film, music is used with great intelligence. When father Hubbard hires some musicians from Mobile to play his Opus 3, they are good but not too good at their jobs; the piano is the good but imperfect instrument you would expect to find in such a home; and Opus 3 is perfectly what might be expected of a vain, surprisingly talented but utterly derivative, provincial composer...
Doctors, dentists, and laboratory technicians can also expect to find immediate employment. A Bureau survey entitled "Employment Outlook" notes that civil engineers will find good prospects for the next several years, but those starting training now may find an overcrowded field before they graduate...