Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...believable, story to Rhodesia's rebellious whites. The Brit ish declared one against them in 1965 without much noticeable effect, and the United Nations Security Council imposed another one against them four months ago, ditto. Last week, however, Prime Minister Ian Smith advised his countrymen that they could expect an inch or so of pinch. "It seems as though the whole business is going to be drawn out longer than we thought," said Smith. "I do not think it necessarily means austerity, but I believe that Rhodesians must accept that there may be some changes in their ways...
Ellington says that his greatest competition today is the Duke Ellington of 25 years ago. In those days, his raw, rich musical language had already established him as a great innovator. His audiences today tend to expect to hear the same Ellington, but he will have none of that. "We could've gone on for 50 years," he says, "just playing the old things and saying, This is our noise, baby.' But it's a form of condescension, the worst of all artistic offenses...
...funds working. So far this year they have invested $4.6 billion in municipal and Government bonds, keeping most of their money in short-term securities that can be quickly liquidated if cash is needed. With so much money around, and the discount rate reduced, some businessmen say that they expect the prime rate to drop still lower. Few bankers agree. They expect loan demand to increase by midyear with a revitalized economy. They are confident that when that happens, their customers will come to them, eager to borrow at the present ½% rate...
...President Dana McLean Greeley said that the survey confirms his church's conviction that it represents "a small, intellectually and socially advanced segment of society, not the rank and file." The segment is growing. Unitarian membership within the past decade has doubled to 276,944, and church leaders expect it to reach...
...such stray was Gardar Holm, who had the loudest voice in Reykjavik, and who accordingly was sent to Copenhagen to become a singer. Another was a woman from across the island who came to Bjorn's cottage to die because her own children "would never expect me to be so unkind as to die before their eyes...