Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...baseball. Last week the Yankees' President Dan Topping handed grizzled, durable (62) Casey Stengel a two-year contract for an estimated $80,000 a year, a record for baseball managers. Although the contract contains no special clauses, Casey, if next season parallels the last one, can expect a bonus that will shoot his salary up close...
...storm warnings ahead. To rebuild, the major shipping companies had to resort to short-term loans from commercial banks (with interest as high as 11%) and government loans. Furthermore, shipping rates, which were boosted sky-high in 1950-51 by the Korean war, have dropped down again, and shippers expect a further slide. Warned Shimpo Asao, president of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, one of Japan's biggest shipping companies: "The future is very dark. Until world trade begins expanding there is not much hope for further recovery . . . more Japanese ships will make their way into world ports...
...appreciated his lighthearted approach to the rugged business of football. Schmitt has made himself a popular coach by being more than a coach; the men who work under him feel they can come to him with more than just football problems and they often do. They know they can expect a wisecrack, but always with some good advice as well. If they intend to invite him to their weddings, however, they had better schedule them in the off-season. Right now, Schmitt is much too busy with the Harvard football team, trying to keep it winning by keeping it laughing...
Well, what would you expect from a Socialist University Organ? To bad Victor Marcantonia did not quit N.Y. and move to Cambridge! Well, there is Earl Browder for the editorial staff . . . Janie...
Despite over $40 worth of telegrams and telephone calls. Dane and Walcott so far have been unable to locate any live Japanese silkworm eggs in this country. This problem they expect to solve this morning when the reply to a cablegram to Brazil is due to arrive...