Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about $250, compared with $350 for Czechoslovakia. The economy provides adequate supplies of staples but little else. Young people feel especially frustrated at the lack of real reform. Says a 20-year-old Sofia steelworker: "We're all hoping for big changes and new leadership. But we don't expect them soon...
...Expect the unexpected and make it work for you," Albright said. "I remember when we had the competition outside, and there was a threat of snow. It didn't bother me because I thought I might handle it better than everyone else...
While it is unclear what the future holds for these traditions, certain trends do seem to be emerging. On the Olympic front, more and more ridiculous, entertainment-oriented sports will make their appearance. Expect to see more along the lines of synchronized swimming--maybe synchronized dancing, Rockettes-style. On the election front, more and more ridiculous, entertainment-oriented candidates will make their appearance. Expect to see more along the lines of Gary Hart and Pat Robertson...
Even successful hypermarket operators will encounter limits to expansion. The sheer size of the megamarkets will restrict growth, since a city of 500,000 can support only about two stores. Also, hypermarkets may face disaffection from customers who expect assorted brands of any one product; thus well-stocked hardware stores or grocers are unlikely to be run out of business by the invading hypermart. Cases in point: Hypermart USA's sporting- goods department offers fishing poles but no lures or other tackle. The paint department sells only one color: white...
...part, the drama of the Bush-Rather match (otherwise the merest blip in the history of a presidential campaign) derived from Rather's departure from the ritual expectations: the network news star addressing the Vice President of the U.S. is expected to be earnest and anchormanly but not nerved up for a duel, an affair of honor. People do not expect the anchorman to behave like a samurai...