Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...certainly, the chance for a victory is good. In spite of the fact that the eleven has not made as rapid improvement as the bright prospects at the first of the season led us to expect, it has developed superior team-play. The team individually and as a whole have worked hard and thoroughly deserve success. But, though we confidently expect a victory, yet whether the team wins or loses, it has the loyal, whole-hearted support and trust of every member of the University...
...umbrellas of the audience. To be sure there were the umbrella racks, but there was nobody to check one's umbrella, and even if there had been, where was one to put one's ulster or one's goloshes. The authorities in charge of the concerts surely do not expect the audience to sit on wet coats and capes during the concert, and there is hardly room to put them elsewhere but under one in the theatre...
...steam-fitters expect to let steam into the pipes in two weeks and to have the work entirely done by the twentieth of November...
...lives or in the lives of others. If morals could be analyzed scientifically they would cease to be morals, because the conscience will only be obeyed when it speaks mysteriously. Education has taught the value of precision and accuracy, but it should never lead us to expect precision in the higher life. Lessing says, "He who does not lose his reason at times has no reason to lose." He who ceases to be led by emotions which he cannot understand, ceases to be a man: God satisfies the understanding by passing beyond...
...ball changed more through the penalties for these offenses than by the actual plays. Unless these faults are corrected, the game is sure to degenerate into a farce that must be as unsatisfactory to the players as it is exasperating to the spectators. It is fair to expect a marked improvement in this regard before Saturday...