Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which they have rested from the Freshman Jubilee in '14, and have practised the strange new dance steps which have come in since the polka and the two-step went out of fashion. They do not say much, but from veiled boasts it is to inferred that they expect to show these youngsters of '18 and '19 a thing or two about how to celebrate in real fashion. The senorial gown has been thrown aside, and these mages of all learning are young again...
...Take such an amount of bonds as you may reasonably expect to be able to pay for while the proceeds of the loan are being expended. This is entirely possible, since the bonds may be paid for on the instalment plan, and liberal borrowing facilities are available to all subscribers at the banks. The borrowing which this method of subscribing to the loan involves will not occasion serious credit inflation if the loans are liquidated about as fast as the proceeds of the bond issue are expended by the Government...
...variation according to the weight of the projectile and its angle of incidence. The use of shrapnel was also discussed with reference to its effectiveness and potentiality. Captain Dupont treated his subject from the point of view of the infantry officer, pointing out the aid which foot troops could expect from their supporting artillery, with which they must co-operate closely at all times...
During the summer months we may expect productions of pure foolishness to hold away in our theatres. It is no longer a moot question whether they are desirable, for they have been proved conclusively to represent a form of dramatic relaxation--relaxation to the extent of putting a public which has witnessed a few of these into a receptive mind for plays with more mental meat in them. Truly a good influence. "Mary's Ankle," which is now on exhibition at Ye Wilbur Theatre is just that type of play. It takes not one ounce of brains to appreciate...
Abraham, conversing with the angel on the plan of Mamre, secured the promise that Sodom would be saved for the sake of ten righteous. The ten righteous were not found, and Sodom perished. We must expect that we--if we are Sodom, and the cowardly are righteous--will also perish, unsaved by our ten or so righteous. We may bear our doom gladly, if we first get rid or the righteous...