Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Oatis knew what to expect, since the secret police had already warned him "if anyone opposes us, we ruin him. You'll talk; everybody talks here." For hour upon unbearable hour, questioners brought statements before him to sign. At first, Oatis objected to the "confession," redrafted it and made corrections; each time it came back written in even stronger language. "I had been awake for something like 42 hours . . . They would not let me sleep till I had signed, and so I signed [because] of my absolute helplessness, convinced that my only hope lay in playing their game...
...handing Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. ("Goody") Knight, wealthy (gold mining) lawyer who has been fidgeting in the lieutenant governor's chair since 1946, had already announced that he would run for governor whether or not Warren ran. An organization Republican and a far-right conservative, he could not expect to draw Warren's Democratic support...
...before, they had been captured by a Nationalist warship but released under the guns of the Royal Navy's frigate St. Bride's Bay. Nigelock is one of a hundred British merchantmen (some under charter to Red China) engaged in Chinese coastal trade. Its crew and skipper expect to run into trouble: war-risk insurance on the China coast is the world's highest...
...Other sample provisions: no interviews with attorneys on what they expect to prove, no reporting of witnesses' stories until after they lave testified...
HOUSEWIVES can expect more beef at retail counters in the next few weeks as the summer's grass-fed steers start to market. Farm experts expect U.S. beef supplies this year to hit 73.5 Ibs. per capita, the highest in 44 years. But beef prices have about hit bottom. Farm Economist L. H. Simerl of the University of Illinois thinks they will hold steady for the next twelve months...