Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Varsity golfers expect a close match against visiting Holy Cross this afternoon at the Charles River Country Club. The Crimson managed to defeat the Crusaders last year at Worcester, but this season Holy Cross will present a team composed almost entirely of returning lettermen...
...wanted Los Angeles to grade and improve the land in Chavez Ravine and build access roads, and, what is more, he wanted the work done promptly. The Dodgers, then, would build a stadium. They would expect a couple of consecutive 99-year leases on the land at $1 a year, and they intended to pay no taxes. There were numerous other demands. But if the O'Malley ultimatum dismayed Mayor Poulson, he gave no sign. He simply took the paper back home and turned it over to the bright young men he has hired to mind the store...
...sure what we're nervous about. After all, this recession was triggered by attempts to check inflation. The Fed's tight-money policy was right, and then you had that congressional howl about economy. But of course it's too much to expect that you can manipulate the economy with precision...
...ordinary drivers can expect to get the same mileage as the cars in the run; most are not so highly tuned or so skillfully driven. Otherwise, the models are stock cars, all with automatic shifts. The placings, selected on the basis of ton miles per gallon and the cars' actual mileage...
Program officials expect to raise the major amount of their goal among the 45,000 living alumni of the College. Alumni have so far contributed a total of $31,242,076 to the Program, with other sources, including alumni of the graduate schools, foundations, and corporations, contributing the remainder...