Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...darling hell-bent for the White House." But Pat Brown, described by a friend as "a great big Teddy bear who doesn't want to grow claws," has never shown any liking for a knockdown drag-out fight. And that was the only kind of fight anyone could expect from Republican Bill Knowland, with his immense California prestige, his boiler-room energy and his powerful friends...
...That is the way the modern Mother Goose would put it. I don't expect the modern Mother Goose to be especially popular with little children who have not yet learned not to like poetry. But it is the parent who buys the book...
...story, but U.S. Education Commissioner Lawrence Derthick added some frightening figures to it. Of the men and women who graduated from college in 1956 with qualifications to teach, 30% never went into the profession at all. Even worse: half of those who did start expect to quit within five years...
...most Experimenters agree that anyone who chooses this unique way of visiting a foreign country can expect a few certainties--an insider's view of their Experiment country, many lasting friendships, and an unforgettable summer
...have been forced to the conviction that it is impossible at present to expect from athletic competition with Harvard that spirit of cordial good will which should characterize athletic sports. Under these circumstances we have voted unanimously to sever athletic relations with Harvard in all sports...