Word: expectant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...into the White House, the Eisenhower hair has turned from sandy blond to grey and white, and his face has taken on a few more permanent creases. But, says one physician who has examined the President: "There's less evidence of wear and tear than you'd expect; physically, he's a good ten years younger than his calendar...
...steel centers of Magnitogorsk and Sverdlovsk, where Nehru showed more interest in the geology museum than in the blast furnaces, but did not fail to note the rigid and extensive security measures, the number of hefty Amazons armed with Tommy guns, and the general attitude, "ask no questions and expect no answers." Headed westward again, Nehru stopped off at Leningrad. There, soon after his arrival, an Indian correspondent wearing a Gandhi cap was mistaken for Nehru and overwhelmed by a flower-brandishing mob who almost trampled him to death trying to kiss him. But there were no Indian newsmen around...
Making Sure. Mustering all his powers of diplomacy, Salisbury at last got the peers to accept his motion, but only after the Lords had made sure no positive threat was involved to their ancient prerogative of staying home. "I do not expect anything to come of it," murmured one peer as he settled himself for a doze."Nothing ever does...
...this is the kind of result that the governments expect and are hoping for, they might do well to say so; to make it their avowed, instead of only their implicit policy. They could then worry less than they do about the people's expecting too much. The people would know what to expect, which is nothing momentous in itself, but a lot of little things that could add up to a good deal...
...acre estate 60 miles north of Manhattan, it was like commencement time, but the class that, graduated last week was no ordinary one. The average age of its twelve members was 64. All had retired, and all had come to the Cold Spring Institute having no idea what to expect. As a matter of fact, the institute had no definite idea either. Still in its infancy, the institute had embarked on a bold experiment to find some sort of answer to an increasingly urgent problem: what to do about the growing population of older people now in danger of moldering...