Word: expectant
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Measles was once a disease that just about every child was expected to catch, but since mass immunization began in 1963 it has been practically forgotten. Still, from time to time, small outbreaks continue to paint medical maps with red spots like those of the disease itself. Since last November 1,500 cases have been reported in the Houston area alone, vs. 2,900 in the entire nation all last year. New Jersey last week declared a medical emergency in five counties; 36 cases had come to light in the previous two weeks, and authorities expect "hundreds" more...
...Teamsters, and then handed over 55% of the proceeds (nearly $60,000) to the Speaker as royalties. This daisy chain was probably legal, but clearly unsavory. It is among a welter of charges against Wright contained in a voluminous report now being studied by the House Ethics Committee. Few expect more than a mild reprimand...
What spurred the investments was Tokyo's agreement last June to lift trade restrictions that limited imports of U.S. beef to 14% of Japan's market, which last year totaled 676,000 tons. Since Japanese meat companies expect to import much more U.S.-grown beef, they realize that if they own some of the American cattle operations, they will have a larger stake in the profits...
...boom. Cuts like filet mignon, which sells for up to $43 per lb. in Tokyo, should become much more affordable. Thanks in part to spacious grazing land and plentiful feed, American-grown beef is much less expensive to produce than the Japanese variety. "In three to five years, we expect to be selling three times our current monthly volume of 1,200 head of cattle," says Kazuhiro Ogasawara, vice president of Mt. Shasta Beef...
TRAVEL: Do you really expect me to eat this...