Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vague sort of way, both Short and Eisenhower agree on one thing: UMT cannot be instituted while the Selective Service program is functioning. Apparently they expect the draft to come to an absolute halt, with UMT beginning on its own at some later date, but neither has outlined any plan for the period between the transition, a period which could present innumerable problems. During the campaign, Eisenhower said he favored establishment of a commission to solve these problems, but since dozens of committees have presented dozens of solutions, it is doubtful whether another would come up with anything...
...Sutherland and I point out. If a man's conscience compels him to keep silent without legal excuse, he must expect to undergo whatever punishment the law a claim of privilege to remain silent may have a very damaging effect on a person's career...
...last week Manhattan heard a new chip off the old Bloch, his String Quartet No. 3. It had much of the modernist vigor audiences have come to expect from Ernest Bloch, but listeners also caught a new air of mellowness and reflection...
...merchants always expect a big letdown after the big Christmas rush. But last week they reported that the New Year's business had started off much bigger than they had dared expect. In some places (e.g., Detroit, Houston), stores reported sales running 15% to 23% higher than a year ago; for the U.S. as a whole, retail dollar volume...
Novelist Selinko tells this story straight, with about as much verbal gusto as a court calendar. Nevertheless, her 594-page novel is already a bestseller in Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and other countries, and her publishers confidently expect that it will do as well...