Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last count, California's Ziffren seemed to have the votes to hold onto the convention for Los Angeles when the full committee meets late this month. But before the session is over, there may be a fascinating preview of the sort of fighting the U.S. can expect...
...quests, of course, are not yet finished; the American suspended in mid-twentieth century is still in the middle of his voyage, and his lyrics show this. The Rock 'n' Rollers are the troubadors of transition, and it is unfair to expect them to give us the final beatific vision...
Because Batista acted in a manner unfit for a man, Castro cannot expect the world to accept him now as judge and executioner. The world has had enough of all that one-man brutality. Even in Argentina, where surely there was cause, there was little vengeance...
...Richfield for its experiment has rich tar sand down to a depth of 1,000 ft. Then the underlying rock begins. If the A-bomb experiment works, the first small-scale (two-kiloton) detonation will be set off in the rock strata 1,200 ft. below the ground. Engineers expect that the bomb will create a huge cavity, and heat the sand and oil. A little sand will glassify on the cavity's sides. Then they hope that the oil will be thin enough for piping to the surface. Experts claim that no radioactive hazards to man will result...
...hedge against a steel strike this summer. The three-year contract with the A.F.L.-C.I.O. United Steelworkers runs out July 1, and the steel union has already done some tough talking about the big pay package-estimated at $1 billion a year in wage increases and benefits-it expects to demand. Most steelmen, along with their customers, expect a strike. The automakers, trying to lay in enough steel for their 1959 models and part of their 1960 production, guaranteed their suppliers against loss if they in turn would buy ahead. But many a steel user who had let his inventories...