Word: expectantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many carrying Soviet soldiers home. Two large Soviet bases north of the city are deserted. The main Soviet hospital has been turned over to Afghans, and Moscow has reduced its embassy staff by two-thirds, to about 100 people. Soviet infantrymen still patrol Kabul's streets, but they expect to be home within days. "It was a mistake to come here," says a trooper in the central shopping area. "And we are never coming back. It is up to the Afghan people to find a solution to their problems...
...four-year pledge." But even he acknowledged that the kind of flap that followed the savings and loan mess may be repeated when he tells a joint session of Congress on Feb. 9 which promises he will keep and which ones he will abandon. "Look, I don't expect it's all going to be sweetness and harmony and light," the President said. "The minute we get those proposals up there on Feb. 9, I expect we're going to have other firestorms swirling around...
...know who's going to win," Princeton's Roy Rubin said. "It's like any other squash match. I don't know what to expect. We're not going into the match thinking we're favored...
...matter about the older people now because they're finished anyway," he said. "There's still going to be years of having all these old fools who are governing us and who are bombing us and doin' all that because, you know, it's always them. I don't expect to see the world in a perfect state of bliss -- you know, like 100%. But it doesn't matter...
...coming along very well," says Kaufman, "We expect it to be accomplished by spring...