Word: expectations
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...breathless, the intellectual elite in the Sinhalese community are deeply frustrated now with the direction of the country. Sri Lanka did not need a presidential election for reconciliation with Tamils. The post-electoral violence, intimidation, and disenfranchisement of Tamils are seen as a precursor for what the Tamils can expect from the present rulers in the days to come. The anti-democratic excesses of the current regime are likely to increase during the parliamentary election season...
However, it is not the plot that one would expect to drive this performance. Any suspense about the internal play's success is muted by the performance's very existence. Once the premise is established—here are four friends sitting on four chairs in a New York City apartment trying to achieve their dream—the expectations are set for a show that has cloyingly put a keyboardist, Larry (Will McGarrahan), in the corner of the apartment space to acknowledge as its self-awareness sees...
Capital campaigns tend to have an initial “quiet phase,” during which the University assesses its fundraising opportunities and the types of gifts it may expect, according to Faust...
Yegor Lupan calls himself "the most honest presidential candidate" in the country. In his campaign videos, he admits that he'll rig the results in order to win, and once in power, plans to embezzle state funds. Ukrainians also shouldn't expect a rise in pensions under his leadership, he says. "When you see my villas, you'll understand...
...band. “Contra” is overall a decent album, and finds just the right balance of advancing and holding ground to prevent a sophomore slump. This pragmatism and the group’s talents have seen them achieve considerable success. Just don’t expect them to ascend to anything more remarkable...