Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Before carrying out my Government's order," said General Huntziger, "the French delegation deems it necessary to declare that, in a moment when France is compelled by fate of arms to give up the fight, she has a right to expect that the coming negotiations will be dominated by a spirit that will give two great neighboring nations a chance to live and work once more. As a soldier you will well understand the onerous moment that has now come...
This plan (which four members of the Cabinet are now pondering, and expect to adopt with slight modifications) would meet economic force with force. Its big proposal: to buy up all South America's exportable surplus...
...whole of the Channel ports are in his hands, with all the strategic consequences that follow from that, and we must expect another blow to be struck almost immediately at us or at France...
...Wrigley of the Cubs -still hopeful of getting some return on his quarter-of-a-million-dollar investment -sent Dean back to the Texas League un der option (subject to 24-hour recall) and sent a personal tutor along to give him pointers on sidearm pitching. But few fans expect ever again to see Wrigley's white elephant in a Cub uniform...
...York Ship (TIME, May 20) is a leading beneficiary of Franklin Roosevelt's five-year-old naval and merchant marine construction boom. To holders of other capital-goods securities, landlocked by heavy arrearages, New York Ship's performance was a pleasant omen of what they may expect when National Defense moves inland...