Word: expect
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...decision barring prayers in public schools, that Mr. Eisenhower has "always thought that this nation was essentially a religious one," and that Mr. Hoover called this decision "a disintegration of one of the most sacred of American heritages." It seems to me that we all had a right to expect that these three outstanding Americans should have been mindful that George Washington wrote, "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion" (Article XI, Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the U.S.A. and Tripoli, June...
...helicopter and flew off to Philadelphia to become the first President since Wilson to make a Fourth of July speech at Independence Hall. As he looked from his aircraft over the farmlands of Pennsylvania, bright and beautiful in the sunshine, Kennedy mused aloud that he did not expect many people to come to hear him speak on such a fine day. "They'd rather be at the beach," he said. But when his helicopter settled down, there were 100,000 waiting to listen and cheer. Kennedy, obviously pleased, responded with fervor. As he promised a partnership between...
Commedia dell'arte features abound in this play, and director Samuel Hirsch and costumer Phil Robb were quick to emphasize the connections. It would of course be too much to expect the players to have evolved a really consistent style of ensemble comedy in a few weeks, but the current production is more than adequate, and three of the performances are top-notch. (I do, however, miss in the updated translation the wonderful old repertory of varied expletives that pepper the text...
...Universalist ministers in New York City issued a statement declaring that the decision was not only constitutionally "sound'' but also "in the interest of religion.'' Said the Rev. William B. Sperry of Detroit's Episcopal Christ Church: "It is wrong for the churches to expect the government to implement their teachings." Wrote Harold E. Fey, editor of the Protestant Christian Century: "The High Court has not outlawed prayer . . . The only thing the court has outlawed is transgression by any official, including educational officials, of the proper separation between church and state...
...late 1960s, a top British mathematician, Dr. John Fleming, monitors the trial run of a newly built radio telescope at bleak Bouldershaw Fell. With just these few clues, any science fiction fan knows what to expect: signals from outer space...