Word: expectance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Some U.S. observers have suggested that Israel should be giving more thought to building additional fields within its own borders, but either way, the costs are enormous. To rebuild Etzion 25 to 40 miles to the northeast would cost at least $1 billion?a tab the Israelis would expect the U.S. to pick up as part of the peace package...
Having won that round, the A.C.L.U. is not pushing hard for congressional intervention. Explains an official: "It's politically unrealistic to expect to derail Project Match." Another problem is resources. Last week A.C.L.U. lawyers won another decision in the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of American Nazi Party members who want to parade in the predominantly Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie. The A.C.L.U.'s successful defense has contributed to a 15% decline in both its membership and donations nationwide...
...Hynes played an outstanding game," Gene Purdy, Harvard's stellar right winger said yesterday. "He made a number of key saves. We didn't expect to hold them to only one goal, Princeton has some potent goal scorers in the Tresham brothers (Bill and Craig) and in Frank Techar, and we held them scoreless...
...many. About 100 people died as a result of the violent weather, many of them trapped in cars on drift-blocked roads. Wisconsin's Dodge County Traffic Chief Vic Gherke warned motorists: "If you go out, even for an emergency, you're on your own. You can expect no help." In Ohio, where more than half the roads were closed, 7,700 people were rescued from snowbound cars. Governor Rhodes declared a state of emergency and called out 2,500 National Guardsmen to help with rescue efforts. President Carter declared Ohio a federal disaster area. With that, soldiers...
...exuberant comedy and middle-class Catholic characters of his first two novels, Principato and Farragan's Retreat, will again be disappointed. McHale seems stubbornly determined not to repeat ear lier successes. In that respect, at least, The Lady from Boston succeeds. The novel will vex those who expect their reading matter to carry the freight of coherent meaning. Those who do not mind the voyeuristic experience of being interested but not concerned will find it a lot easier to take McHale...