Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Barnaby added that the Crimson would be "the definite favorite" over Wesleyan today. "We don't expect the Cardinals to have the depth necessary to cope with the Crimson's well balanced squad," he said. Barnaby especially doubted that Wesleyan had the power to stop the team's top three men, Ben Heckscher, Captain Pete Milton, and Cal Place...
...National Chairman Leonard Hall summoned a cluster of advisers to an urgent conference. Chairman Hall was going to see the President of the U.S. the next day, and he knew that what he said after their meeting would be subjected to microscopic analysis around the world. Hall did not expect to get a commitment about Dwight Eisenhower's political intentions, but he wanted to come out of the President's office with word that would help to maintain the suspense until the time comes for "Yes" or "No." After long and careful discussion with his staff, Leonard Hall...
...decline in 1955. Predicted the experts: if farmers want to live as prosperously through the present stage of agricultural readjustment as they did in the 1942-51 bonanza period, they must reduce savings and seek more income from nonfarm sources. Not until supply and demand are rebalanced can they expect much else...
...beach at Fiji, hugging her secret in silence, while official investigators from three nations pondered the problem. Perhaps, in time, they might find an answer better than that of the U.S. Navy captain who investigated the fate of Mary Celeste in 1873. "I hope and expect," he wrote in his official report, "to hear from her crew. But if we should never hear of them again, I shall remember with interest this sad and silent mystery...
...long that the actors felt the need to introduce some variety, they applauded the audience for their reception. Said Actor Alec Clunes, who played the king: "All through the performance the audience was very much with us. We didn't get as many laughs as we would expect to get in London, but we got many. And I suspect we got a lot of tears...