Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hell can we expect the Republicans to run the whole country when they can't even run the Post Office Department...
...year-with a creeping profit squeeze for all of 1957. But when an overall profit squeeze failed to materialize in the first quarter, businessmen raised their sights for 1957. Now many believe that the second half of 1957 will be the better half, perhaps satisfying even those who expect a zoom on top of the boom. See BUSINESS, The Better Half...
Although Coleman declined to set a specific date for a constitutional convention, Mississippians expect it in December, a month before the legislature opens its regular session. Confident of support, when the time comes, from a bloc of young pro-Coleman legislators and from some oldtimers with specific constitutional changes on their minds, Coleman in effect gave to his newspaper question this answer: "Mississippi will have a new constitution. It cannot live without...
Dangers Ahead. Despite all the profit and promise, the U.S. electronics industry of 1957 is studded with dangers. Booming military markets have made it possible for anyone with brains and ideas to start a business. Only the most starry-eyed expect it to last. The Pentagon is a notoriously fickle customer; a canceled program, a shift in weapons emphasis could wreck many small companies whose main business is making a single component or a single piece of equipment...
...back as farmers, with more cash m prospect, stepped up their orders International Harvester, which reported 14% higher sales this March than last had brought two Illinois plants back to nearly full employment after 90% layoffs last fall. Deere & Co. President William A. Hewitt told stockholders that they can expect 10%-20% more business. We estimate that farm income will be 3% to 5% higher in 1957." The brighter outlook came from a break m the drought that had dried up 14 Midwest and Southwest states, plus soil-bank payments, which will make participating farmers an average $1,000 richer...