Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...might see again. David Dougherty, 62, had lost his sight almost completely as the aftermath of a rare disease,* which destroys the lacrimal glands producing the watery fluid that lubricates the eyeballs. For two days Dougherty sat in bed with increasing impatience. The doctor had told him he could expect to see again soon after the operation. Still no tears came. Then one noon Dougherty heard a lunch cart rattling down the corridor. As it stopped at the door, he smelled the food. His mouth watered-and so did his right eye. Dougherty began to see again...
...perils of their craft. But when the competition starts, Bud Werner is ready to battle his buddies, is even willing to flout the maxim-especially fitted to skiing-that pride goeth before a fall. "If I say so-and I see no reason why I shouldn't-I expect to get some of the medals," he says. "In fact, I shall be greatly disappointed and even surprised...
Output in the first quarter of 1958, said Romney, is scheduled at a higher rate than in the last quarter and well above the rate a year ago, even though other automakers are still trimming production to bring it in line with sales. Romney does not expect the quarterly earnings of 89? a share to continue for the whole fiscal year because the company will have to charge off heavy expenses for vacations, model changeovers, etc. in its fourth quarter, which ends Sept. 30. But he expects a "substantial profit" for the year...
...fair business. President and founder of America Abroad Associates, whose directors have staged more than 50 big trade shows, he set up the first postwar International Auto Show and the first International Toy Fair in New York, was U.S. representative to the Zagreb. Yugoslavia fair in 1951. The Russians expect 3,000,000 people from all over Russia and the satellites to attend his month-long U.S. fair...
...Atomic Energy Commission can expect trouble if it attempts to carry out its announced April series of nuclear weapons tests. Albert Bigelow '29 and three other American pacifists plan to sail into the Eniwetok Island bomb test area early in April and remain there, come what...