Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...affiliation with Harvard can also bring them closer, the participant says. "We have this common thing," she says, "of being here where there is a lot of pressure, and we have a lot of work and in addition we are trying to fit in grieving which we did not expect. We all have a lot of things to juggle which is a common denominator...
...paddies and the rotting garbage in landfills. Each of these sources is fostered by human activity -- even the termites, which thrive in the clearings left after tropical rain forests are cut down. Humanity's contribution to the greenhouse effect comes from so many basic activities that man cannot realistically expect to stop the process, only slow it down...
...energy, there are plenty of opportunities for conservation in the developing world, where energy-using equipment tends to be older and more inefficient. Third World conservation would not only help slow greenhouse warming but also let countries save money | by reducing dependence on energy imports. If the industrialized countries expect cooperation, though, they should make available at minimal cost the most advanced energy-saving technology, especially for power plants, and help finance the purchase...
...Syrian factions within the P.L.O., hailed the American decision as a triumph for the intifadeh. But the renegade group of Abu Musa issued a veiled threat. "We fully reject the Arafat concessions and will prove our stand practically, in a way that neither Israel nor the United States would expect," said a spokesman in Damascus...
...think so. I've concluded that in Washington on all these decisions we deal with, it's never as bad as the critics say it's going to be. And never as good as the advocates expect. I agonized when the Bridgeton hit a mine in the Persian Gulf. Had I oversold our capabilities? I was in a blue funk. The Vincennes Airbus shootdown was painful for me. I had lived in fear of such a mistake. But once it occurs, I believe you have no choice but to face up to it -- publicly -- well aware that...