Word: expect
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...medicine is extended to cover the handicapped, I'll vote Republican. That's a promise I never expect to keep, in view of the nit-picking of the Government and the A.M.A...
Nixon's conversations with De Gaulle, at the Elysée Palace and at Louis XIV's Grand Trianon in Versailles, went as smoothly as either nation could expect. One indication that the venerable general was in a benign mood came during the glittering dinner party at the Elysée. Impressed that De Gaulle always speaks without notes, Nixon Speechwriter Bill Safire asked the French President how he did it. "I write it out in longhand and then memorize it," De Gaulle replied. "I tear the page out and throw it away...
...attacks caused no real upset of the balance of power in South Viet Nam. Allied forces were not forced to redeploy, nor did any important defenses budge. The Communists completely bypassed recently pacified and highly vulnerable allied pacification areas in the countryside, concentrating largely on military installations. "We expect our indicators will wiggle a little," said U.S. Pacification Chief William E. Colby, "but so far the effect of the new offensive has been slight...
...sent a representative into East Berlin to open the talks. His envoy returned disappointed. The East Germans demanded the cancellation of the Federal Assembly before any other issue could even be discussed. Signaling a switch in the Soviet position, Izvestia bluntly asserted that West Germans could expect no reciprocity for removing the Federal Assembly from West Berlin...
...effect, the premiership was hers for the asking, but she delayed her decision until at least after Eshkol's funeral. Now 70, she is in less than robust health. "The people of Israel," editorialized the daily Ha'aretz, "have the right to expect that the helm be given to a younger person, whose power of action will not be restricted by age or health." That widely held feeling would not ultimately affect the choice. With the disciplined ranks of the labor party behind the leadership's choice, the decision, as Mrs. Meir once put it, "will...