Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...charging Philippe with evading a whopping $88,706 in income taxes in the years 1952-55, one charging that he knowingly concealed the receipt of "cash, currency or kickbacks" from Waldorf suppliers. Sunk in a continental sulk, Philippe issued a printed declaration of probity ("At the trial I confidently expect to establish my innocence "), then left for his $500,000 country estate near Peekskill-there to ponder, perhaps, the outrageous ways of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which, in his case at least, wants something better than...
Somewhat of a traveller, Mace's favorite spot is on the Matterhorn-Zermatt, which is reached only by cog railway. And those who expect to live on an expense account in the future, or like fine food, might want to jot down his pick of New York restaurants: Miako's for steak and lobsters, Christ Cella, and, downtown, Peter's Backyard, on West Tenth Street...
Most of the officials felt that the new rules would do little more than reduce administrative red tape. Tutorial for credit and required departmental approval were among the reasons why they didn't expect increased undergraduate interest in the program...
Officers of the HYDC expect a favorable reaction to Saltonstall's plea. In anticipation, they have already made plans for the campaign. Working in conjunction with Saltonstall's managers, the officers have mapped "elaborate arrangements" for an "active and effective" effort...
Similarly "self-determination" in our election-conscious Western society seems like a natural democratic solution for the people on Formosa, and this principle is undoubtedly basis for a sound policy. But if we expect it to be applied in the form of a "plebiscite" sponsored by the UN, we will be disappointed. Plebiscites are not an old Chinese custom. The Nationalist government on Taiwan is a sovereign power in law and in its own sentiment and view of itself. It would not permit the UN to come in and stage a referendum; nor would it be desirable...