Word: expectantly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...defend North Carolina or any other spot in the U.S. from enemy bombs is an Army problem. That the Army does not expect North Carolina or any other State to be presently bombed is beside the Army's point. For when & if it goes to "defensive war"-whether at home or on foreign soil-it still must protect itself, its occupied areas and the civilian lives and properties thereon...
...expect business to be a darn sight better here than it was down there," Keezer said in an interview, explaining that people did not like to be seen buying used clothing, which is his principal stock in trade...
...Since 1930 airline mail-loads have increased over 100%, passenger-miles 500%, freight and express 1,600%. Airline employment has meanwhile increased 350%, from 3,400 to 12,000, may reach 25,000 by 1943. The industry as a whole can expect to employ at least 97,000, at most...
...nation's manufacturers are concerned. . . . Political leaders can help along similar lines. . . ." From diehards came no such gentle reproof. Instead, many a businessman pushed the "spokesman's" European analogy further, suggested that if Government and Industry sat down to peaceful conference, Business could expect Czechoslovakia's fate...
That poets have low incomes is no more news than that they are temperamental. But few people know just how little an eminent U. S. poet can expect to earn from his verse. Last week The Academy of American Poets released figures comparing the average annual earnings of poets with those of professional men, defining an established poet as one in middle life, with four volumes to his credit, and "unmistakably anointed by the muses." From his books this unlucky genius can expect to get about $250 a year. Poems sold to magazines may bring him another $250. But that...