Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Latent ability, which a man never knew he possessed in school, has made many a famous track athlete in college," said Coach Farrell to a CRIMSON reported. "I urge new men without experience to come out at this time. I expect at least 150 new men to report...
Mules never leave their subterranean coal-faced galleries except when their masters, the operators, expect long idleness. When, therefore, it was observed that most of the mulish multitude had been brought to the surface (including the mules of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., whose head, Samuel D. Warriner, is also head of the Anthracite Operators Association), the implication was obvious...
...there is any Prince in Europe whom one would expect to regale his countrymen with travelogs, it would be the Prince of Wales. Yet it was not he but Louis Ferdinand, second son of the quondam Crown Prince, of Germany who appeared last week in a little church at Potsdam to describe "for the benefit of a few friends" a recent trip he took to Spain...
...have soared, and under satisfactory wage conditions the domestic demand for beef has increased. As a result, heavy steers are bringing better prices in Chicago today. On the other hand, the cost of cattle feed-always a most important factor in the industry- has held fairly stable. Some cattlemen expect to see on their ledgers this year the first profits since...
Patience and firmness. Show the child that you expect him to eat his food. Set it before him and make him sit at the table until he eats it all, no matter how long it takes. Start with small amounts of suitable foods and give him as much time as necessary to eat. He will soon learn to eat the amount he really needs. Never allow his refusal of food to make you angry. Perhaps he does not eat because he enjoys seeing you become irritated...