Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arab-American groups fuming at yet another portrayal of Arabs as crazed religious zealots and bombers. The Siege has many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. The Siege has its thrills and suspenses, and its big name cast shouldn't fail to lure the crowds, but don't expect much more than a typical action flick with the twist of modern day relevance. Keith D. DesRochers
...expect a real battle on Saturday, and weenjoy battles--that's what we play for," Wheatonsaid. "The games that go down to the wire andreally get the adrenaline going make it fun, andthat's what we expect on Saturday...
...addition to our increased accessibility to the world, the terms of marriage have been redefined for us, mostly by our parents. Thanks to them, we, unlike any generation before us, can actually expect to get divorced. Even though none of us, of course, thinks it will happen to us, "until death do us part" will be an empty phrase for over half of those who utter...
...only person who can make a better student is that student. The students you profiled have positive attitudes, initiative and motivation; they expect to work hard on their own. Consequently, the effort they put in produces positive results. My sons see their parents read. They were read to at home. We've encouraged and praised the genuine efforts they've made. But the bottom line for my sons is that until something ignites them from within, they are content to do as little work as possible. SANDY SIMONSON Jacksonville...
Which poses the larger threat to democratic institutions: terrorism or the hysterical response to it? This is not the sort of question you normally expect to be addressed in a big-budget action movie. Nor do you expect it to be answered ultimately with a ringing endorsement of the Bill of Rights, since this is an inherently reactionary form, one that tends to favor a muscular approach to crisis management over more reasoned ones, if only because there is more visceral drama to be found at the end of a pointed pistol than in a pointed argument...