Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ninth curfew day his soldiers began pounding Tanjong Malim doors. They handed each householder an envelope containing a letter from Templer and a questionnaire form. Wrote George Templer (in Malay, Chinese and Tamil): "If you are a Communist, I do not expect you to reply. If you are not, I want you to give as much information as possible ... It is quite safe . . . none will know which form comes from which house. Do not sign your name unless you want...
Soso Stalin (as his intimates call him, using the Georgian for Joe) was hip deep in sycophantic congratulations last week, the kind that dictators always expect but are shrewd enough never to overvalue. The occasion was the 30th anniversary of his election as general secretary of the Party. No other leader in the world has been in power as long. Back in April 1922, in Lenin's declining days, when Stalin was forging his way to the top, Harding was President of the U.S., Lloyd George was Prime Minister of Britain, Raymond Poincaré Premier of France, and somebody...
FCChairman Paul Walker hopes TV-hungry communities will not expect miracles overnight. Says he: "Television will not gallop to its new frontier. It will proceed at a snail's pace...
...transmitters operating yet and must eavesdrop on U.S. telecasts). Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, France and the Soviet Union follow, with 30,000 to 50,000 sets each, with Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland and Argentina far behind. By this fall, Canada and seven Latin American nations expect to be televising their own shows...
...output of commercials. Samples: a Baby Snooks-like voice whining: "Mama! I want my little cheese!", sounds of hacking coughs, throat clearing and spitting (which a cold-cure advertiser broadcasts during mealtime). The court refused to listen. Said one harried judge: "You could hardly expect us to do that...