Word: expect
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...networks' handling of election returns last week should have been television's finest hour, but instead it was only the longest day (see THE PRESS). That was doubly unfortunate, since viewers have come to expect more from TV journalism than TV entertainment. On any night of the week, the 1966-67 season has proved to be so dreary and derivative that even the networks have given up and are tossing out a big block of expensive shows that only recently were touted as hot stuff...
...began to probe the matter, he discovered other information to support his theory. "The Russians have conducted very interesting experiments with dogs. For instance, they trained an animal to expect bread at the sound of a bell, but meat if a light were flashed instead. After a while, when both signals were employed at the same time, the animal invariably went for the bread, even though as a rule dogs prefer meat...
...over-looked in the challenge for the Secretary of Defense to debate Mr. Scheer: Mr. McNamara is not a private citizen, but a public official, and a public official of sufficient importance that any public statement he makes is automatically regarded as a significant contribution to national policy. To expect the Secretary of Defense to engage in a public debate where polemic is the order of the day is thus naive...
Doubtless, Voltaire would have included the khakis and braided caps worn by French Army officers. If he'd had his way, the army would be a loose assemblage of carping individualists, all obeying' only their own inner dictates. One would not expect such reasoning from Charles de Gaulle, supreme authority figure of modern French history. Yet the Old Soldier has now issued an edict that requires every soldier to reason why before he blindly follows orders that "constitute crimes and infractions against the state's security, the constitution or public order...
...wins this year have been cliffhangers. The team has had to come from behind so often (in combined first-half scores, the Cards trail all opponents 68-80) that St. Louisans have taken to calling them the "Cardiac Cards." One fellow professes never to lose faith. "What would you expect with a name like mine?" asks Charley Winner...