Word: expect
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...daily Saigon briefings jointly conducted by military men and USIS representatives. Frequently information provided has been found to be shaded. Often it is incomplete. Sometimes, although not as often as critics allege, it is deliberately misleading. This is an exasperating but thoroughly predictable practice. I think a reporter should expect the Government to gold-plate what it tells him, and assume it is his job to do what he can to temper it. The practical solution would seem to be to attend the briefings, regard them as a reportorial starting point, then go out and crosscheck. Certainly, that...
...record 3,000,000 Americans expected to go overseas this year, very few will run afoul of foreign laws. Those who do can expect fair treatment, even in many Communist countries. Everywhere, the troubled tourist's best friend is the U.S. consul, reachable from remote places by wiring "Amconsul" in the nearest large city. Today, the consul negotiates from strength-no one wants to discourage a mounting influx of U.S. tourist dollars...
Despite these consolations, the rare American who winds up in a foreign jail cannot expect to lean on the U.S. Constitution. Every tourist is subject to the laws of the land in which he travels. All his consul can do is see to it that he gets the same legal treatment as any citizen of that country. Among the legal pitfalls most likely to face U.S. tourists...
Members of the production staff expressed surprise that the play had been so strenuously objected to. Director Paul Zimmet commented that "although Jarry wrote it to shock people--and I'd be pleased if it shook some people--I don't expect it to offend many any more." He added," The emphasis as I'm sure Jarry intended it to be, is on the humor...
...mostly pretty girls, mostly over-dressed, gathered at University Hall Friday morning for the filming session. Benzoni looked at the make-up and dark glasses and remembered that you don't tell anyone a day in advance he's going to be in a movie and expect him to look typical...