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Word: expectation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Regarding inflation, our politicians are incredibly stupid, greedy and truth-hiding. With a budget deficit of more than $52 billion, the Fed is pouring a billion play dollars into the economy each week. What else can these no-brainers expect? The solution: cut out the fat, fraud, reckless giveaway programs and psychotic spending, and the budget could be balanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 7, 1978 | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

What are these people to expect when they reach Communist China-property rights and free enterprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 31, 1978 | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...much at fault is Carter for his uneven record on these issues? Certainly not completely. Congress has on many occasions proved balky and ineffectual. So has the vast bureaucracy. As the nation has grown more centralized and complex, the public has unrealistically begun to expect its President to solve an increasing number of intractable problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Problem Of How To Lead | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...bifida or any number of other genetic defects. Had the doctors detected any serious problems, Lesley Brown could have quickly received an abortion. Observed Dr. Stuart J. Steele of London's Middlesex Hospital Medical School: "Mrs. Brown would have had all the very close medical supervision that one would expect in a particularly precious pregnancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Test-Tube Baby | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

...morning suit and told photographers: "If you think I'm going to do anything daft today, you're wrong." Sir Freddie is especially pleased with his insignia and title because he has long attacked the government for its air policy. "The last thing you expect is to be told you're a good lad," he says. "You expect a kick in the arse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 31, 1978 | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

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