Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these typical verses were of a self-evidently odious and detestable nature, TIME would expect both Mohammedans and Buddhists to join with TIME in holding them up to general odium and detestation...
...visiting aggregation has had father rough going so far this season, but it is beginning to find itself and spectators in the Stadium today may expect to see a hard-hitting, fighting game of football. The main weakness of the Lehigh eleven, revealed in the five encounters it has played so far this season, is its inability to cope with a forward passing attack. The University forces have spend considerable time on their aerial offensive during this past week and it is more than likely that Harvard will use this opportunity to practice this department of the game, especially...
...takes courage to vote the Republican ticket, . . . what else but courage could we expect from the descendants of the men who for four long, weary years fought against ever-increasing odds with the hope of victory slowly diminishing for what they believed was right...
Life Span. In 1840 a person aged 50 might have expected to live to be 70. In spite of decreased infant mortality, public hygiene and medical skill, a person now 50 can expect to live only until he is 71. (Louis Israel Dublin, Metropolitan Life Insurance statistician...
...laws, a record which forecasts success in promoting and obtaining desirable legislation in Congress. He has selected judges and other high officers in New York for their ability and experience without regard to any political influences, and his choice has invariably received the approval of the legislature. We should expect his appointments to his Cabinet, the Supreme Court of the United States, and other important federal offices to show the same remarkable ability to pick, the best...