Word: expectations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then again, by the time shoppers enter the crumbling pink-shingled building that houses Dollar-a-Pound, couched between rows of immaculate glass skyscrapers and imposing MIT labs, they should know to expect something different...
...Crimson has yet to lose on its home court, and Quinnipiac had to expect a tough match...
...know the difference between Slovenia and Slovakia, but some of his writing reminds one a bit of the hawkish general played by George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove. "I would let Pyongyang know in no uncertain terms that it can either get out of the nuclear arms race or expect a rebuke similar to the one Ronald Reagan delivered to Muammar Gaddafi in 1986," he wrote two weeks ago in the Wall Street Journal. Bombs away! No, he demurs in an interview. He just wants to "negotiate from strength. The U.S. shouldn't be powerless against a madman...
...economists expect the law to kick-start employment. Indeed, the biggest fear is for French competitiveness. Across Europe, the costly brand of welfare capitalism that provided 30 days of vacation, inflexible work rules and ironclad job security is being dismantled to enhance productivity and create jobs. "My competitors are all non-French," says Gerard Charlier, head of a 70-employee firm that manufactures and exports casino chips. "They see what's going on here, and they're laughing...
...question of the psychological impact of such a message on adolescents just embarking on the awkward terrain of sexuality. Warns Pam Smallwood, education director of Planned Parenthood of Central Texas: "If all kids learn about sex is that if you touch it you'll die, how can you ever expect them to develop healthy relationships...