Word: expectance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always struck me as incredible that anyone could expect others to suffer and possibly die for him without doing what he could to prevent it, even if it meant exchanging places with them. Former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi is a case in point...
...probably underestimating the size of the deficit. A recession would pull down tax receipts and increase federal spending on unemployment compensation, food stamps and other social programs. While the White House officially maintains that the 1980 deficit will be about $30 billion, some of TIME'S economists expect it to approach $50 billion. The problem will continue into fiscal 1981, which begins next October. Says Joseph Pechman of the Brookings Institution: "It is a very dismal budget outlook, and there is going to be a real fight. I don't think Carter can get spending much below...
...kind of action that is rapidly becoming the hallmark of Britain's fighting lady. During a two-hour morning session with Carter in the Oval Office, Thatcher pledged to support the U.S. if Washington asked the United Nations Security Council to impose economic sanctions against Iran. "You would expect nothing less and you will receive nothing less but our full support," the Prime Minister told reporters. Carter and his aides were visibly delighted. At one point Carter said, "I want the American people to get to know you as I have come to know and admire...
...piece of the past; the top firms hold several simultaneous sales a day six days a week. In 1979 Sotheby's and Christie's, the two London-based giants of the international fine arts auction business, together have netted $702 million worldwide. Nor does anyone expect recession to cool the fever. Some indicators...
...loss of the $800 million or so in Arab aid it used to get annually, or by the Arab countries' refusal to do business with Cairo; before the boycott, those states accounted for only 7% of Egypt's trade. Arab anger remains high; the Egyptians expect that all of their postal, telephone and telex links to other Arab countries, as well as the remaining airline flights, will be severed in March, when Egypt and Israel plan to open embassies in Jerusalem and Cairo. Still, some top Egyptians believe that the boycott will not last long...