Word: expect
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...honor at a reception given by Ireland's Prime Minister Sean Lemass at the Mayflower Hotel while she was getting a permanent and having her nails polished (pearly pink) at a nearby Elizabeth Arden salon. "I know that this visit is unofficial," she complained, "and did not expect a red carpet. But there are 100 ways in which the Government could have shown me friendliness...
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, for one, thought she had a point. "She has every right to expect from us a full measure of courtesy," Democrat Mansfield told his colleagues. "This nation has played host to many prominent visitors before Mme. Nhu whose views were, to say the least, not exactly music to our ears...
...costs, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, does not think that the profits of defense contractors can be cut further. In fact, he now hopes to save billions on his defense budget by offering higher profits to defense companies that can hold their costs down. "We mustn't expect the savings to come from the 3? profit the average defense contract now provides," says McNamara. "We must seek to cut the 97? of costs...
...success naturally worries truckers, and Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa assesses trucking companies $5 for moving any trailer that made part of the journey by rail. Despite heavy pressure from the trucking industry, the Interstate Commerce Commission recently refused to reverse its 1954 decision approving piggybacking. The railroads expect piggybacking to double by 1970, eventually account for as much as half of all U.S. freight moved by rail...
...worn with trousers that do not match. Although the range of colors is large--including madras, plaids, and usually garish solids--it is best to stick to black. In fact, one black dinner jacket should be enough to take you through all the social thickets you may decently expect to encounter...