Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thernstrom said he would expect the SupremeCourt to take the case. "My guess is that theywould uphold the First Circuit Court's decision inthis case," he said. "Boston civil rights groupsmay try to persuade the Boston Public Schools fromappealing this case...
...expect numbers [of minorities] to drop[without the current system that takes race intoaccount]," said Tracey M. Lynch, spokesperson forthe Boston Public Schools...
...they were somehow flawed. Now, of course, we have two contenders: in that corner, weighing in at $100 or $200 million, are "blockbusters" like Armageddon; and in this corner are the 98-pound weaklings of the film industry, "independent" movies like Gods and Monsters. From the former we can expect special effects, saccharine plots and Bruce Willis; while from the latter we can expect intellectual affects, subtle plots and a British actor who just finished a run in a critically acclaimed drama on the West End, and of whom you've likely never heard. One is edging ever closer towards...
...maybe it would have been too much to expect anything more from a Christmas special--one put out by Disney at that. After all, this is a wholesome story extolling good family values and dripping with Christmas spirit to the point where you're squirming in your seat. It's overcooked--almost like the way Barney emphasizes everything a little too much so that the kids will get it. Maybe the kids won't notice the film's problems anyway. And even if they do, does it matter? It's, like, totally Johnny. Totally tacky. Totally Disney. Merry Christmas, kids...
...more likely it will be that our decisions will affect other people's lives-and the more likely it will be that we will have the ability to escape responsibility for those decisions. Many of us grew up being told at every turn that we are exceptional. We expect to win contests, to become influential, to get what we want. When things don't work out for us, we tend to blame our failures on the system that rejected us instead of on our own weaknesses. But what makes people exceptional is not their knack for being the exception...