Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should name the candidate with greatest experience in foreign affairs, Adlai grunted, reached for his pencil and pad, began taking notes. Fifty-five minutes later, Stevenson fought his way through a crush of humanity to his downstairs headquarters, paid strained but polite respects to Harry Truman, and said: "I expect to be the Democratic nominee...
...Mathematics is a massive, four-volume anthology of the best writing in the field, from the time man started to figure on papyrus to the automatons that can replace man. The editors have reason to beam. The anthology is already a runaway bestseller-an astounding fact, since publishers traditionally expect prestige rather than profits from first-rate scientific books. Prodded by a $100,000 advertising campaign, the public has almost bought out the first printing of 100,000 at the prepublication price of $14.95. (Norman Vincent Peale's bestselling The Power of Positive Thinking had an advance sale...
...prosperity alone that impressed Sukarno. "America," said he, "has not sacrificed freedom of expression for freedom from want . . . This American freedom of expression is called political democracy." Then, noting that he would soon be visiting Russia and Red China, the Indonesian President continued: "I do not expect to find-" Smiling, he broke off in midsentence and said, "I must be equal and fair...
...causes. In the meantime, they can treat many of its physical symptoms. Physicians use antibiotics to combat the susceptibility of Mongoloids to infections. Surgeons may correct heart conditions, the chief cause of debility and death. In 1900, Mongoloids rarely lived beyond infancy. A Mongoloid born in 1956 may expect to reach 20 years...
...leisurely than the pigeons (which have been known to flap home as fast as 60 m.p.h.). Of the 70,000 contestants last week, all but those hopelessly lost have long since checked into their lofts. But winners will not be known until the end of September-when race officials expect to finish checking time capsules...