Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...France, who won his office on his promise to end the war in Indo-China. appeared to be a peace-at-any-price man; 2) high-level participation in Geneva might put the U.S. in the position of approving a sellout to the Reds; 3) the French would probably expect the U.S. to fight in Indo-China if the peace efforts failed. Nevertheless, last week the firm decision was dramatically reversed. With a Godspeed from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Under Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith flew off to Geneva...
...same insecurity made the new President extra conscious of the dangers of assassination. He has refused to move into the exposed Presidential House, instead renting a small residence more easily guarded by liberation soldiers. But most Guatemalans see the official residence as a solid symbol of power and expect the Chief Executive to live there. The point might be minor, but the effect, as Castillo Armas rounded out his first fortnight in power, was a certain drop in his prestige...
Sculptor Manzù, who began his career as a stucco worker, is as direct as his work is subtle. "I am religious, yes," Manzù says with feeling, "but I'm not a religious artist-I expect to carve all kinds of things. You can't limit art to religion any more than you can limit religion itself, or life . . . In sculpture my greatest inspiration is the ancient Greeks." Drawing a deep breath, he adds: "I wish I could be as big as they...
Music-proud Salzburgers hardly knew what to expect. The conductor was a sergeant: most of the 65 players were youngsters, and all wore the suntans...
...must expect an increase of about one and a quarter million children each year for the next decade. This calls for a new classroom every 15 minutes, day and night, for 365 days a year . . . Thousands of children go to school day after day in unsuitable and dangerous buildings, are taught by underpaid and undertrained teachers on half-time shifts." If all that were not enough, said Superintendent Martin Essex of Lakewood, Ohio, teachers are being frightened into a "sterile education." After questioning 522 other superintendents for a special report, Essex found a growing fear of such subjects as religion...