Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sentimental way, for something better. It had perhaps even hoped for another Pentecost. At Pentecost, there were tongues of fire from heaven, and human beings like ready lamps, waiting to be lit. At Amsterdam, there were committees, agenda, resolutions, debates, and trilingual earphones. The men of Amsterdam did not expect and did not receive flames from heaven. They had not met to be inspired but to "get something done." They were moved, not by tongues of fire, but by reasonable anxiety, cautious good will, Protestant practicality...
...Views of the Future. A highly placed French official gave this view of the prospect: "With both parties figuring that time is on their side, I expect protracted negotiations, continuing for many weeks...
Well, you don't expect me to stand...
This week the Leonards opened the latest addition to their cut-price department store. It upped their selling space by half, making it one of the largest retail houses in the Southwest. They expect 100,000 customers on opening day, hope never to see a day when the cash registers fail to ring up $100,000 in sales...
...been made toward lifting the Berlin blockade or toward a four-power conference. This week the representatives of the U.S., Britain and France were finally admitted to a second audience with Stalin. When they emerged, at 1:40 a.m., U.S. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith told newsmen that he expected more talks to be held. Said Smith: "We're always optimistic. We expect the best and prepare for the worst." Stalin gave his guests "tea and cakes," Smith reported...