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Word: expectations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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These Legionnaires are no longer boys, and it would appear that we could expect that they would put away childish things-or pay the penalty. A drunken bum sleeping it off in a hotel lobby or along the streets is still a drunken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 25, 1937 | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

...past years opponents knew what to expect when they met Dartmouth. They could be certain that the Indians would be well versed in the fundamentals of the game, they would be powerful blockers and hard tacklers, they would rely mainly on well executed and smoothly functioning deep reverses for most of their yardage, their pass-attack would be comparatively weak as would their passing defense...

Author: By The Dartmouth, Football Editor, and Mel Wax, S | Title: High Scoring Indian Team, Reputedly Strong on Plunges, May Use Trickery | 10/23/1937 | See Source »

ANNAPOLIS, MD., Oct. 15--A spirit of hilarious confidence permeates Bancroft Hall Dormitory of the U. S. Naval Academy tonight on the eve of the Harvard encounter. The Midshipmen expect their team to win, and they expressed this belief by an unending series of cheers all during evening's mess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMPLETE CONFIDENCE MARKS PRE-GAME NAVY | 10/16/1937 | See Source »

...must either stand a loss or make a profit, the undergraduate undoubtedly feels that it would suit his stomach better for him to suffer the former. It was admitted that last year the account's of the House dining halls showed a profit; therefore it is too much to expect that the University can at least succeed in breaking even at the end of the present season without either raising the rates or, most dangerous, cheapening the quality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOD FOR TALK | 10/15/1937 | See Source »

Thus Mr. Conant's speech is in keeping with three hundred years of College history, and his reactions are such as one might expect from a Harvard president. The University, while prepared to fight every attempt of a bigoted few to muzzle the tradition of liberal instruction will cooperate as always with sincere government efforts to advance the cause of learning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "INNOVATOR AND PACEMAKER" | 10/13/1937 | See Source »

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