Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...explain that the U.N. was fighting in Korea to stop aggression, that aggression had been stopped, that unification would have to wait for the peace conference. Unification, they said, is only a political objective, not a military one. Rhee dismissed that argument as a technicality. How can you expect to win from a political conference by persuasion what you could not win on the battlefield by force? he asked. The U.S. went away sheepishly, conceding Rhee's sincerity, uneasily afraid he might be right, and fearful of what he might...
...four-party coalition win a bare majority, the new electoral-bonus law would automatically give him 65% of the 590 Chamber seats, a comfortable margin. If he did not, would De Gasperi make a deal with the Monarchists to organize a majority, as the Monarchists confidently seemed to expect? At Cagliari, De Gasperi was explicit: he would quit instead. "A government half Republican and half Monarchist," said he, would be "a government without principle, a confused government...
Unpretentious Jessie Wilson, who did not expect to enjoy the social whirl when she came to Washington, has found her constant round of luncheons, teas and dinners arduous but fascinating. Says she: "Sometimes I feel as though my face will crack." The Wilsons also try to get home early, and generally succeed. Their most notable failure in this respect occurred in February, at a party in honor of Admiral Arthur Radford. At 11 o'clock Jessie Wilson wearily told Mrs. Radford that she wished "somebody would do something" about going home. Confided Mrs. Radford: "Nobody can do anything until...
Racing Driver Bob Wilder, 32, gunned his English-built Oldsmobile-Allard out of the short curve, tires screeching, and sped on toward the little hump-backed bridge. Driver Wilder, a veteran of sport-car racing, knew what to expect at the crest of the bridge: a brief, soaring pitch with all four wheels off the ground, then a jolt as the car settled to the roadway again-then a strong foot on the gas for the next hill. But Driver Wilder never made the hill. His Allard smacked down askew on the roadway, veered, skidded up a bank and turned...
...refund not only the original deposits, but what they would be worth in terms of China's grossly inflated currency. The move would also be a windfall for the government. Unclaimed deposits, said the notice, would be turned over to the national treasury. Under the deal, the banks expect to lose between $5.5 million and $8.5 million...