Word: expect
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...London equivalent of a U.S. city hall, Anthony Eden, 55, and Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 32, niece of Britain's Prime Minister, became man & wife last week. Eden's divorce from his first wife, the former Beatrice Beckett,* excluded him from the morning-coated church wedding that Britons expect of their well born and highly placed...
...married to one of his fellow violin students and living in Larchmont, N.Y., Harrell still likes to sing the classics, especially the part of Christ in the St. Matthew Passion. But he thinks casting directors expect him to be good at learning difficult modern scores because of the thorough musical training he got studying the violin. On Baritone Harrell's schedule for next winter: parts in Milhaud's Christopher Columbus (with the Philharmonic-Symphony) and Stravinsky's Rake's Progress at the Metropolitan Opera...
Neither heavyhanded Spanish colonists nor U.S. troops under tough General John J. Pershing have ever been able to bring the proud, fanatically religious Moros to their knees. The Philippine government does not expect to, either. But Magsaysay hopes to take most of their firearms away, and thereby bring a measure of peace to the unconquered islands of the Moros...
When the Rhode Island vote was announced (six for Eisenhower, one for Taft, one for Warren), he asked sharply: "Did we expect more there?" When Pennsylvania's vote was about to be announced, everyone in the room grew tense, relaxed again when Governor Fine said: "Fifty-three for Eisenhower, 15 for Taft, two for MacArthur." By the end of the roll call, it was evident that he was in, and when Minnesota switched to Ike, giving him a majority, cheers burst out of the suite. Tears came to Eisenhower's eyes. He leaped to his feet, shook hands...
Proud & Loud. He has already won enough trophies for a lifetime, and he does not expect to compete in the decathlon again. Instead, he will concentrate at Stanford on one or two specialties, probably the discus and hurdles. He will also concentrate on his studies (he is a physical education major with a B average). After college, he thinks he might get a coaching job or a public-relations post with a sporting-goods firm. But when he graduates next spring, he will turn in his red & white Stanford uniform for Marine Corps green. As a reserve lieutenant, he faces...