Word: expect
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before Christmas. Unlike parolees, the live-out prisoners have their rent subsidized by the state, the goal being to ease the transition to civilian life for cons with good records. It is the pet project of Swedish Prisons General Director Torsten Eriksson, who so far has every reason to expect success. This summer he sent ten prisoners off for three weeks of fishing, swimming and hiking in a small mountain resort. Everyone liked that so much that there was not one attempt to escape...
...Irvine Company opened a $20 million, 75-acre super shopping center called Fashion Island. The center embraces 56 handsome stores strung along a broad, tree-lined pedestrian mall overlooking the Pacific. Aiming at well-heeled shoppers from suburban Newport Beach and Balboa as well as Los Angeles, Fashion Islanders expect to ring up sales of $35 million a year...
...equal opportunities to Americans. The Mediterranee's basic gimmick for togetherness is that you always sit at a table for eight-but you can change tables for any meal. This spring Hilton Hotels launched a special tour to Puerto Rico aimed at the singles market: "What can you expect for $133 on your Hilton Swingles Week in San Juan?" A welcoming cocktail and plenty of action, "fashion shows, cinema, horse racing, free feature motion pictures and a souvenir photograph of you and your new friends...Sound like your line of fun?" In the first four months, Hilton reported happily...
...obsolescence." There is little agreement among experts as to when that stage will arrive. While the immediate prospects for the computer-leasing companies seem bright, their profits could plunge, leaving them with a mountain of debt, if the fourth generation of computers reaches the marketplace sooner than they expect. The crucial time will probably arrive...
...August) to help meet Western Europe's needs, the U.S. now faces a problem of oversupply. One result was an order last week by the Texas Railroad Commission, which cut the maximum allowable output per well from 54% to 46.7% of capacity. By December, oilmen expect that the limit will shrink to its pre-crisis norm...