Word: expection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dogs of War. Eight professors went to Sacramento to ask Governor Ronald Reagan to pull out the troops, but Reagan supported Madigan's tough stand. "Once the dogs of war have been unleashed," the Governor lectured, "you must expect things will happen." One professor in the delegation, Leon Wofsy, accused Reagan of making a political speech and undercutting the authority of college administrators by trying to fire chancellors who opposed the statehouse. At that, Reagan slammed his hand on the desk, shouting: "Listen, you are a liar! I've fought to keep politics out of the running...
...Scherle amendment must still pass the Senate and be signed by the President before it becomes law. Few of the measure's opponents, however, expect that the bill will fall to pass these final hurdles...
...Whoever they are, the new men will probably be more conservative than either Fortas or Warren, who were in close agreement on most issues. Still, conservative critics who expect a turnabout in decisions are almost certain to be disappointed. For one thing, the major decisions of the Warren Court are largely irreversible, already part of the social fabric. For another, the court almost always changes at a pace that can only be called glacial. Innovations usually proceed decision by decision, year by year...
...clients who resist agency proposals, they are often labeled as "un-insightful," assigned low priorities for job programs and all but written off as hopeless cases. The result, says Scott, is that "the alert client quickly learns to behave as workers expect him to." Too many agencies for the blind offer their clients few choices for job training except a "sheltered workshop," where they make simple handicrafts and numbly acquire "skills and methods of production that may be unknown in most commercial industries." Before long, the trap has quietly closed. Now psychologically blind, Scott charges, the patient is "maladjusted...
...four-year period, the numbers were all around 2300, reaching a high of 2470 two years ago. The participation of the class of '71, however, dipped to 1621, a 50 per cent drop. This year it's even worse. Unfortunately, there seems to be no reason to expect a turn upwards...