Word: expectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...campaign. "I do subscribe to this theory: foreign policy ought to be kept out of partisan debate . . . I realize that when someone makes a charge another individual is going to reply. I deplore that. They have made the charges about me. I will not answer, do not expect to. So I believe in the long term America's best interests will be best served if we do not indulge in this kind of thing." The President added another above-the-battle point. A recent G.O.P. leaders' statement issued after a White House meeting held that Democrats' policies...
...reason businessmen do not expect to pay more for their materials is that most commodity prices, which are quick to reflect inflationary pressures, have remained steady. The sensitive price index for 22 primary commodities, for example, remains close to the lows reached last fall. Since wholesale prices usually foretell retail prices, this promises well for the consumer. Another happy sign for the consumer is that consumer prices actually declined last month. Most businessmen agree that despite price increases in autos and a few other items, there will be few shifts in price levels over the next six to twelve months...
...many examples in both parties demonstrate, one can scarcely expect anyone in even a quasi-official position to discharge this vital function relentlessly today...
...Vice-President said No, and the Secretary of State equivocated righteously. "Foreign policy ought to be kept out of partisan debate," declared Dwight Eisenhower last week. He said that he "deplored" the exchange of criticism and reply on official actions; that when he himself is accused he does not expect to answer; and that America's interests will be best served "if we do not indulge in this kind of thing." Richard Nixon called this "an unsound idea" ("one of the reasons the Republican party is in trouble today") and insisted on the opposite policy. John Foster Dulles took turns...
However, Derek T. Winans '60, one of the leaders of the opposition to the Council's withdrawal, viewed the outcome as "disappointing." "There should have been a greater number of people voting," Winans claimed. He added his surprise at the results, noting that he did not expect his side to lose...