Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...is?I am a nationalist. I am referred to as a Naval expert, Naval authority, Naval critic, writer and lecturer? and other things that won't bear repeating. Enthusiasts claim I am the best posted man in the U. S. on national defense. I claim nothing and expect less; but whatever I represent, it is all American?which seems to arouse suspicion as well as curiosity...
Used to the ways of trappers. Mme. Courtois did not expect her husband and sons back from their business until the Spring. But June came, the fishing season started, and still they did not return. Neighboring trappers and lumbermen talked of organizing search parties. But, remembering shock-headed Dave Courtois' experience, his brawn, his ability to quaff tin dippers of "trade whiskey" from a barrel, they waited...
...persons" will represent the U. S., Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Japan. They expect to meet within a fortnight to grapple with the job of drafting a charter for Europe's new International Bank of (reparations) Settlements. Though not the largest bank in the world, the I. B. S. will have the world's broadest scope. It is the cornerstone of the Young Plan, which has now superseded the Dawes Plan. It will act as the clearing house through which Germany will pay reparations for 57 years on the instalment plan. It will progressively capitalize future payments in advance...
...expect to get rid of the Republican Committee in about ten minutes. Then I'm through. Since I'm on the toboggan it's not for me to talk?that will be up to the new Chairman." As for illness: "I am feeling fine. I've been sick only twice?once in 1885 and once in 1915. Since ten I haven't missed a meal. Every year two or three doctors examine me and find nothing wrong...
Gambling. George Michael Cohan is an actor who, in the character of a hoary and vindictive gambler, by making improper proposals to a mercenary trollop, can cause middle-aged ladies to murmur happily with approval, although one would expect them to clap tippets to their ears...