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Word: expections (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...agency, opened a Chevrolet salesroom in Detroit on his own account and last week with his sleeves figuratively rolled up was operating "a proving ground to test actual merchandizing problems . . . so the agency can grasp from experience the situations in which automobile dealers become involved. . . . We don't expect to have model salesmen or angels in our service department, nor do we intend to dress them up in a lot of pretty white suits. We want to learn about selling as an average dealer does-under the same conditions. We want to know what the factors are that bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Shirt-Sleeve Agency | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...Cornell Sun, which in March of this year began its now rewarded fight for the experiment, is to be congratulated. In its present tentativeness, however, the Cornell plan has left just beyond reach the greater usefulness that Harvard, from results attained, has come to expect of a reading period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTER CORNELL | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

...expect too much credit for this trivial but splendid change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: God With One | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

Clearly the Brazilian premise is pure "sour grapes," but the Brazilian conclusion voices a pernicious doctrine. It suggests that League states may avoid unwelcome responsibilities by dropping out of the League, and yet expect to continue to reap many of the advantages of League membership by "collaborating," in the manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Brazil Out | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

This war to end flies will not be won without overcoming stubborn resistance Travellers in Italy this summer may expect to witness at any time battles between great swarms of embattled flies and heroic groups of warriors, protected by a barricade of fly-paper and yielding swatters with deadly effect. But the chief danger is to the Premier himself. So far he has managed to protect himself from would-be assassins, but no defense can save the man for whose blood a whole face of flying avengers will soon be thirsting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CAMPAIGNS OF CAESAR | 5/15/1928 | See Source »

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