Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...organized crime and racketeering, and eventually the street-crime trial division. He was an assiduous worker. "He was different, obviously--he lived in a different world that we didn't understand," Cherkasky says. "But his ability to be upbeat and prompt, to never ask for anything special or expect it, was a commentary on who he was and how he was raised." He argued six trials, and won convictions...
With such a breakneck schedule, one would expect the music of Belle and Sebastian to mirror many independent domestic projects in poor recording quality, sloppy production and slackerly filler material. Instead, lyrics and music form an almost hyper-aesthetic experience--carefully produced, with fine-tuned instrumentation and clever lyrics. The singer Stuart Murdoch softly whispers phrases about the uncertain nineties with an approach reminiscent of the '70s poet-singer Nick Drake. The instrumentation includes a trumpet, cello, flute and beautiful keyboard that unite in complex harmoniousness...
...expect to be able to ticket all kinds of events," she said...
...expect to be able to ticket all kinds of events," she said...
...disintegration of the Northern Ireland peace deal were those of the seen-it-all-before marriage counselor: This was never going to be easy. Mitchell vowed Thursday to press on with his attempts to revive the peace process, saying he hadn?t been so na?ve as to expect a smooth implementation of last year?s historic Good Friday Agreement. "I am not surprised, but I am disappointed," said Mitchell, after holding meetings in Belfast with Northern Ireland?s political parties. His job got a lot harder overnight, following an IRA statement that not only dimmed hopes of imminent disarmament...