Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week visit last week came Her Majesty Frederika, Queen of the Hellenes. Washington officialdom knew what to expect from the vivacious, curly-haired Queen; she had already made herself a big hit on her first trip to the U.S. five years ago. Sure enough, the lively Frederika danced into the capital with smiling, informal grace and two French poodles (Topsy and Toodles). With her were two of her three children: Crown Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta, 18, and Princess Sophia, 20. Explained Frederika: King Paul stayed home to look after the country, and Princess Irene, 16, stayed home to look...
...Market. In Paris last week the French tactic was to propose what the British presumably could not accept-that the 17-nation area become the same sort of tightly preferential trade club with common tariff walls as the French expect the six-nation community to be. That, of course, would require the British to throw over their whole imperial preferences system of trade. Behind this French position was heavy pressure from French industrialists and farmers to stick with the six-nation community now that the West Germans and other members have conceded them practically all the special protections and privileges...
With all these issues, one would expect large public interest in the campaign. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, Bay State party leaders report voter apathy--despite the high stakes riding this fall...
...This plan requires a public relations job," Harris stated. "People are afraid to borrow." Harris cited the lifetime earnings of $500,000 that the average college graduate can expect. "The costs exclusive of tax deductions for a 20 to 40-year loan would be less than one per cent of lifetime income," he emphasized...
...outstanding stock, and together their families control perhaps 45%. Coleman and Siegel have already given Seeburg hearty shots in the arm by introducing stereo jukeboxes, getting into the profitable cigarette vending business, giving new financial backing to Seeburg dealers. In the 1958 fiscal year ending this month, they expect Seeburg to earn only about 50? a share, owing mainly to the cost of scrapping unprofitable old products. Next year, with enough stereo orders already to run at full production well beyond the current quarter, they expect Seeburg to triple earnings...