Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...believes that a definite victory for Hitler would be quite dangerous for Stalin, and, therefore, he does not expect Russia to lend much serious assistance to Germany...
Lenin's great experiment established a dictatorship, nominally "of the proletariat," actually of the Communist Party and eventually of Stalin alone. New class distinctions arose between workers, managers and bureaucrats. The Soviet Government has so far shown no signs of withering away-though Communists expect it eventually to do so. Meanwhile outside Russia the sometimes heroic Communist International has been effective in nothing so much as in scaring the pants off the middle class...
...were originally accepted for the Pilot Training; 10 have already dropped out, and instructors in the course expect to lose a few more before training with dual control begins...
Outlining the procedure followed in the department, Professor Holcombe pointed out that discussions of who should be advanced had started as far back as February. "Without that it would have been unreasonable to expect the department to reach a conclusion in the two week period between the acceptance of the Committee of Eight Report, May 22, and the announcement of the conclusions on June 3," he stated...
...second wireless informed Captain Chelton of the warning, instructed him to search every cranny for possible time-bombs, not to worry the passengers by telling them, and finally, since crazy though it was, the warning was too serious to dismiss altogether, he was to expect "a Coast Guard vessel and several Navy ships" which would accompany the Iroquois to an unspecified American port...