Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...winner was not Silent Mirth as you would expect because it happens to Donald O'Connor in the best movies. No, a 12-1 beast, well-named "Outland," pulled ahead in the stretch and finished strong. Casey was awfully sorry about Mike's mistake, and because she had talked me into another wasted two-bill...
...Boston physician was so perturbed by this possibility that he devoted much of his life to campaigning against public health schools, fearing all the while he would be out of work if they were successful. Only through such a varied and complex list of projects does the school expect to lick the causes of disease and end it before it starts...
...Russians were extremely nice about the whole thing. It seemed to us they were going out of their way to implement their new peace offensive. We expect to get pictures from them of the Ibis' new resting place on a University of Moscow spire almost any day now," they said...
...desire for peace is such a natural one, you might expect such intoxication from the man in the street. But that is not where it has originated. If the polls and newspaper publishers' reports are correct, the voters are taking the Russian bids with a good deal more salt than some of their leaders. True, the President held firm to the peace-through-strength policy in his excellent speech last week. But none of the Congressional budget cutters were seen rushing to withdraw their bills after the speech was over. They loved the sermon, but went on sinning...
Also, the audience can compare the present players to the "giants" of the past. Most audiences have seen fine professional performances, and, once exposed to the best, they expect little else...