Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...regard for the people, and for land reform. From many politicians the Filipinos had heard the words used as cores for resounding platitudes; from Magsaysay they came with earnestness and conviction. Cheer after cheer interrupted the speech. "I have been warned," said the new President, "that too much is expected of this administration, that our people expect the impossible. For this young and vigorous nation of ours nothing is impossible." The crowd went wild with enthusiasm, then, as if to prove his point, the new President blandly ignored the police who were busily clearing a path...
Energy, Ambition, Work. Like so many turning points, it was a long time in the reaching, but it was a shorter time than even the most sanguine German had a right to expect when he crawled from the smoking rubble one day in 1945 to learn that the Nazi Reich was no more. And, as with most great, historic turns, it was made possible by countless events. There was the decay of the wartime Alliance, Russia's shortsighted intransigence in the German occupation. There was the West's decision to form one unified country of West Germany without...
...have streamed into Hong Kong by the thousands, bringing only their skills, have developed exports in amazing fashion. Three years ago, less than 15% of Hong Kong's exports were locally made; today more than 25% are. Moreover, local industry is mushrooming so fast that government economists expect that it will rise to 50% within a few years, and that Hong Kong will compete with Japan as the industrial center of the Far East...
...seat, giving Burke a chance for the governorship. But the political dangers of giving up his secure position in Columbus loomed large in Frank Lausche's mind. In 1956, as governor, he would have a vote-getting record unmatched by other Democrats, and he could confidently expect to control Ohio's convention delegates. As a freshman Senator, he might weaken home-state ties, and he would have to jump into vote-losing controversies over national issues...
...staff. Since 90% of the tax-supported cancer hospital's patients are charity cases, drawn from all over Texas, most are grievously ill when they arrive and are far from home or relatives. They face long and perhaps uncomfortable treatment. They do not know what to expect...