Word: expect
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...Chalk it up to five turnovers," Murphy said. "When you turn the ball over against a quality opponent, this is the result you should expect. The turnovers put us behind the eight ball in field position from the start...
Death can be a highly overrated experience. Just ask rapper Everlast. There were no brilliant shafts of light, no trumpets sounding, no beating of wings, none of the spectacular revelations that Hollywood films and Oprah segments have conditioned us to expect along the passage to the other side. When Everlast suffered a coronary two years ago at age 29, it was lights out--fade to black. His doctors saved him by putting him into a deep freeze--a kind of virtual death--so they could stop his damaged heart and repair it. He awoke in a hospital three days later...
Gender-Identity Disorder has long been a recognized condition and is routinely treated in specialized clinics set up for that purpose. None of the work should be done in a vacuum. The parents and, working through them, the child should be familiarized with the reactions they can expect as the child explores gender identity. Even so, by maintaining a low profile and respecting the privacy of both the child and his family, those reactions can be minimized. The child should be treated as a patient with an eminently treatable disorder, not as a billboard for social change. TOMYE KELLEY Institute...
...Michael Kinsley didn't provide a real "voter's guide" on Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan, as the title of his piece led me to expect [ESSAY, Sept. 25]. The occasional bone thrown by the press to these candidates by actually mentioning their names never includes details about real issues. We hear daily what George W. Bush and Al Gore plan to do if they get to the White House. I want more information on Nader and Buchanan. ROSE M. RUMMEL-EURY Portland...
...college graduates, leaving things behind can be their way of saying, "Don't forget me." For older adults, finally reclaiming them can mean "I've arrived." Many parents, though, expect that when their newly minted grownups set up their first apartment or house, they will remove their belongings, releasing a room or at least a closet. Good luck...