Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week in Trinity Episcopal Church at Independence, Mo., where her parents were married 36 years ago, Margaret, now 32, saw her hope accomplished; she became Mrs. Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. with more dignity and less hurly-burly than a former President's daughter and TV-radio star could expect...
Visiting Britain's atomic research center at Harwell, B. & K. met their first British workingman: Vincent McCarthy, 35, a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. McCarthy shot a direct question at Khrushchev: "Can we expect that the Russian government will now progress to the point where they can withstand criticism from free trade unions and religious denominations without having to apply pressure?" Khrushchev was determined to turn his back on taunts. He answered: "If you take into account our point of view, we will take into account yours. If we start criticizing each other, we shall not get anywhere...
...Navy does not expect to have its cockpit perfected before 1958, and it does not expect it to solve all problems, such as an enemy hit on the cockpit itself. "In many cases, however," says Douglas Engineer Albert Mayo, "it will enable the pilot to survive. It will not guarantee him a comfortable bailout, and if the jet is headed earthward at Mach 2 and 6,000 ft. off the deck, nothing can save...
...with an International Construction Exhibition. Their twofold purpose: 1) give the world an on-the-spot look at their new architecture and construction; 2) put on display West Berlin's answer to East Berlin's mile-long Stalinallee, done in approved Moscow style. West Berliners expect to win in a walk. Stalinallee, with its small windows, warped doors, faulty plumbing and fallen idol, is already being called "The Street of the Great Mistake...
...monsters that keep big-city skyscrapers habitable, every size and shape of mechanical conditioner will roll out in record quantities this year. The top-heavy inventories of window units that plagued the industry for the past two years have been cleared out, and manufacturers expect retail sales of all types to be $3.2 billion in 1956, up a cool 10% from last year's record $2.9 billion (see chart...