Word: expectantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tact and tenderness may be a lot to expect from someone who must spend roughly twelve years learning the trade, work impossible hours, be available to patients day and night, keep abreast of changing technology and live a peaceable life while constantly dealing with death. "The patient wants the best of both worlds," charges Lester King, a Chicago physician and medical historian. "He wants the knowledge and precision of the most advanced science, and the care and concern of the old-fashioned practitioner...
...rate of less than 1.5% during the final half of the year and at about the same sluggish pace in 1990. Says Norman Robertson, chief economist at Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank: "The slowdown is now a reality. It has arrived." Two out of three of the Blue Chip forecasters expect that the economy will fall into a recession by sometime next year...
Some of the optimists expect the expansion to be kept afloat by three major forces: exports, housing and capital spending. No one thinks exports will repeat the explosive growth of last year, when sales abroad jumped nearly 30%, thanks largely to a declining U.S. dollar. One reason U.S. firms should find receptive markets overseas is that the economies of Western Europe and Japan are still rapidly expanding. European Community members are expected to sustain 3% growth in 1989, and Japan is likely to show a 5% gain for the fiscal year ending next March...
...students act and behave like students and not like rebels," says Ramadan, a teacher in Hebron, just 20 miles from Jerusalem. To help promote order, the Israeli army has promised to stay clear of school grounds. But few Palestinians trust the military to keep its word; fewer still expect the reopening of West Bank schools to occur without incident. Says a twelfth-grader named Salem: "How can I forget my schoolmates who were shot dead, injured and arrested by the Israeli army...
...addition to Rules Number One and Two, my homeowners deposited the responsibility of their much adored and over-protected garden on my non-botanical hands. My goldfish died while still in the plastic bag, and they expect me to know when their plants are hungry...