Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been around the Square for 45 years and we expect to be here another 45," said Jim. "We'll cooperate with the University 100 percent, and the University reciprocrates," he added...
...forecast an Ike landslide and added that Ike would take all the big industrial states. Moreover he pinpointed the newest political trend: the breakup of the former Democratic majorities in the nation's big cities. But Gallup and Roper hit as close to perfection as anybody could reasonably expect. In their final forecasts, published just before Election Day, the Big Two had Ike landsliding with 59.5% (Gallup) and 60% (Roper). Actual 1956 result: Ike 57.7%. Gallup correctly predicted the shifts to the G.O.P. among Negroes, labor, and big-city dwellers. Although both underestimated the G.O.P.'s hold...
...David Ben-Gurion got a personal message from President Eisenhower. Its gist, as relayed by Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban, was that the U.S. had reached a stern decision: unless Ben-Gurion backed down and agreed to retreat from the Sinai peninsula as the United Nations asked, he could not expect any U.S. aid in the event of a Soviet attack. The White House had already made clear to Paris and London that the U.S. did not conceive its NATO commitment to include the Middle East or Cyprus if the Anglo-French persisted in their use of force. In short...
Some oilmen expect the oil-rich Arab nations to come to terms soon and get the oil flowing again, since they are losing heavily. Iraq is losing about $450,000 daily because it cannot move its oil, has had to cut production at its Kirkuk field drastically; Syria sacrifices $50,000 daily in pipeline earnings alone; Saudi Arabia gets an estimated 85% of its income from oil (some $290 million in 1955). On the other hand, as one old Middle East hand grumbled last week, "You can never really depend on the Arabs' not hurting themselves. They...
...that once could be replaced by a simple, curved piece of metal now involves large molded panels with sculptured lights. The bumper that cost $5 in 1940 now costs $20. In the good old days of divided windshields, the company could put in a new unit for $25. Adjusters expect the 1957 wraparound type will cost around $125. State Farm Vice President Thomas Morrill says that windshield replacements account for about 50% of claims filed under comprehensive policies, adds: "Many people, as soon as they get a little nick in the windshield, rush out and get a new one. There...