Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...government?corruption?is so pervasive that neither stern warnings nor the outright firing of half the 44 province chiefs and 91 district chiefs has made more than a dent, though the new men are generally admitted to be improvements. But to the extent that Thieu can finally expect his most urgent orders to be followed, he has managed to organize a functioning government. Says Tran Quoc Buu, head of the Vietnamese Labor Confederation: "A year ago, South Viet Nam was many states within the state. A local military commander could make any policy he wanted to. But that has changed?...
...signers of the Declaration of Independence, together with the sometimes abrasive, sometimes soporific deliberations of the Second Continental Congress. History painted, as it were, by a sidewalk sketch artist, must rely on calcified profiles rather than searching character penetration. The Peter Stone book depends on the audience to expect the expected, and to bring along its own worn coloring crayons to the roles...
While the four-letter word under discussion has become commonplace in the works of many modern novelists, its use is far from accepted in high school English classes. Any teacher who makes it the theme of a classroom exercise can expect a strong reaction - if not from the students themselves, at least from their parents. Which is what happened to Mrs. Timbrook, 36, a truck driver's wife and the mother of nine children, who teaches at Lamphere High School in Madison Heights, Mich...
Demand for money is likely to remain very high indeed. For one thing, businessmen expect to spend some $73 billion, 14% more than last year, to expand their factories during 1969. "I am frankly disturbed by this evidence of how the collective decisions of investors may help to keep inflation growing," says Treasury Secretary David Kennedy. Because of the "multiplier effect" of capital outlays, each dollar of such investment adds about $2.50 to the total economy. The phenomenon worries Washington for two reasons: 1) it has an immediate inflationary effect, and 2) it could lead to industrial overcapacity followed...
...living there, sounds, words, commands--the voice of the public consciousness. The constricted space of plural living is a sign of sorrow. Free, open space is needed for the fortuitous and the unforeseen to occur, for the emotionally neutral and the amplitude of life everyone has a right to expect...