Word: expected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...electoral council 72 hours to name a new body to oversee balloting procedures. But after Catholic bishops and human-rights groups refused to participate, the junta announced plans to set up its own council. Given the government's anger that Duvalierists were banned from running this time, many Haitians expect the junta to finesse the rules so that they can stand in the next go-round. It is also expected that the government will try to disqualify those candidates who displease the army...
...cost of buying a new house and especially over having enough money once they retire. Corporate pensions have nearly risen to the level of other industrial nations, but most Japanese consider such benefits inadequate. When Matsuoka reaches Honda's mandatory retirement age of 60, for example, he can expect a company pension of about $1,500 a month (with no cost of living increases). "I can't live on that," he says...
While the final permission for him to leave the People's Republic of China has not yet been granted, Liu is again being allowed to write. Harvard experts on China said they expect the Chinese government will allow him to come...
...ENTIRE Harvard community shares blame for the University's firmly established reputation as a place where invited guests cannot expect to be respected when they speak their minds. Former U.N. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick provided an indication of the direness of the situation last month when she reportedly cited disruptions of conservative speakers and fear for her own safety in refusing to visit Harvard...
...hours in London next Monday. Soviet diplomats hinted that their boss may be preparing to demand that the independent British and French nuclear forces be reduced as part of a START deal. Arms Negotiator Victor Karpov remarked that if a START agreement with the U.S. is reached, "we would expect the British to make an offer." If that is in fact Gorbachev's game, he will get a loud no from London as well as Washington...