Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...novella can be considered on two levels--but either way it falls short of what a reader would expect from Bellow. The book could have been a standard mystery story but it provides no real suspense. It also could have been an exercise in subtle symbolism, but it provides no real insights...
...guerrillas are prepared to unleash what even Bush Administration officials believe will be their boldest military assault since the failed 1981 "final offensive." U.S. intelligence officials say the F.M.L.N., in preparation for the push, has recruited several hundred new fighters from among refugees in Honduran camps. The officials expect the offensive within weeks...
...experience of active and vital communities of color does not counteract the Admissions Office's laudable efforts to diversify the student body as Hsia claims. Instead, minority organizations which serve individual and community needs celebrate the diversity that Harvard-Radcliffe does have. To expect students who come from ethnic communities to disassociate themselves from their previous experience is ridiculous, and to deny minority students who do not come from ethnic communities the opportunity to share experiences and celebrate a heritage is racist. It is racist because America is a pluralist society where different experiences should not be ranked in order...
Maybe we are truly amusing ourselves to death. We expect to find all our answers on television, and some...
...Besides being destitute," Anne Moon said, "we're okay. We just had a great season in the fall and we expect to do really well this spring...