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Word: expectancy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dismayed by their recent length-and-a-half defeat by Penn, nor have the changes made by Gordon Sikes during the last week, when Fenniger was moved up from the Jayvees to set the beat for the initial outfit, diminished their hopes one whit. They still expect to take the cup again today as they have for the past three years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREWS GET FIRST CHANCE OF SEASON IN COMPTON RACES | 5/2/1936 | See Source »

Producers feel, and perhaps rightfully, that they are giving the great mass of theater-goers what they expect. A painstakingly produced picture based on college life as it actually is might be a dismal failure. We college people might not even appreciate it. After all, twentieth century pioneering, especially in the cinema, comes a bit expensive, and the producer, if he wants to stay in business very long, must keep his eye on box office grosses, not on the embittered criticism of a few collegiate purists. He holds his job by the amount of black...

Author: By Pred W. Pederson, | Title: The why of collegiate told by one who writes them | 5/1/1936 | See Source »

White citizens of the U. S. South expect a Republican President, for political reasons, to treat Negroes as near-equals. That is a prime reason why they have almost always voted solidly Democratic since Reconstruction.* On the other hand, Southern voters expect a Democratic President to cooperate in keeping Negroes firmly in their social place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Black on Blacks | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

...Crimson Lacrosse squads go to meet strong opposition this afternoon as they face the Brown stickmen. The Varsity will battle an outfit that has beaten M.I.T. 14-1 already this season. But Coach Stahley has enough confidence in his squad to expect a close battle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Sports | 4/25/1936 | See Source »

...Bares expect the Hub news-hawks out again the night after divisionals to catch the 300 beer cans as they come rolling down the entry stairs, one every ten seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTHROP | 4/24/1936 | See Source »

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