Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kept trying to say to the Israelis that it understood their demand for guarantees in Gaza and Aqaba and in some ways supported them, but-the Israelis must not expect the U.S. to say so too explicitly. So began a semantic battle requiring a conditioned Israel withdrawal involving what could not be described as conditions. The happy substitute that emerged was the word assumptions. On Feb. 11 John Foster Dulles handed Israel's Ambassador Abba Eban an aide-memoire. As soon as Israel pulled out, Dulles said, the U.S. would 1) itself proclaim the right of innocent passage...
...executives really expect wives to conform to any stereo. typed image. Said Joseph E. Adams, vice president of White Motor Co.: "Consider the nation's top executives. How many of them would have been hired if wives had been a factor in the selection? Some men need a psychiatrist at home who will listen to their problems. Others need frivolous wives to distract them. Some need wives who are prominent in civic activities, some not. You can't type a wife...
...Dean may reasonably expect cooperation from the warring factions, either on a personal basis or because of the authority at his disposal, which is rather sweeping both in disciplinary matters and in relation to extra-curricular activities. He should be able to use this authority to effect a settlement agreeable to both sides, a compromise involving some basis for certifying members eligible to vote...
...West might consider giving force to its general principle of the international control of waterways by suggesting that all international waterways be put under supervision by a series of small United Nations police forces. "How can we expect Colonel Nasser to internationalize Suez when the principle is restricted to him?" she asked. "There is always a colonial twist which brings forth bad memories when only one international seaway, is, in fact, internationalized...
...current Air Force budget goes through-and the new missiles come along as fast as expected-the U.S. aircraft industry will face some painful production cuts. But no planemaker expects missiles to outmode manned aircraft in this decade, nor do companies in the highly competitive industry expect to be caught napping when that day finally arrives. When the ICBM becomes strategic, the U.S. must have missile interceptors to stop it. But the ICBM is a long way from becoming strategic. And no one will predict that the planes coming off now will be the last of the line...