Word: expect
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Another target: the joint air defense exercises that the Indian air force will soon hold with the U.S. and British air commands. In an effort to silence his leftist critics. Nehru has won extensive promises from Russia and its satellites for missiles, fighters, and small arms. Top government officials expect little in substance from Soviet aid promises, but insist that the symbolism of such aid is necessary to maintain India's image of nonalignment...
...nonetheless. During the year's first five months retail sales had hovered around the $20.3 billion-a-month mark, a remarkably steady performance but still not good enough for the chart watchers, who have come to depend so much on the consumer's performance. "They expect each week to be a new world," says the chief economist of a nationwide chain...
...carriers buy British short-range jets, and kicked up a ruckus in the airline industry with its highhanded advice to Pan American and W. R. Grace to sell Panagra to Braniff. "I'm doing the job the best way I know how," says Chairman Boyd, "and I expect the staff and members to perform in the same way. I don't give a damn whose toes get stepped...
...verdict, of course, was a lie; but the leniency of its terms was surprising and perhaps indicative of important changes. While the jury had found it necessary to save face for the Sheriff, it had also given him a warning that he could not expect the total support of his townsmen in future acts of violence...
...really expect the film to be great drama. Nor did I anticipate an inventive cinemagraphic effort, whose form would transcend the rather meager contents. The most I hoped for was a little excitement--bombs and air raids and daring rescues and all that stuff--to enliven a dreary Cambridge afternoon. But even that modest wish remained unfulfilled...