Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ALONG with all of its politicking, is Congress going to do any real lawmaking? Nowhere near as much as the partisan demands might indicate. The Republicans are trying to embarrass the Democrats on civil rights, but expect no new legislation to be passed. The Democrats accuse the Administration of neglecting national defense, but are not planning any major increases in defense appropriations. The Democrats are set to ignore several of the measures that the President called for in his message to Congress, including a new farm bill, increases in postal rates, authorization of 40 new federal judgeships, liberalization of immigration...
What the Democrats do expect to get enacted is their short list of five "must" bills...
These dismal lyrics are modestly acknowledged by their author to be "the last great hope of the world." If they catch on, he argues, they will shame the Russians into releasing U-2 Pilot Powers; if they fail, the U.S. can expect total war. By last week, the twangy contribution to international amity had notched its sixth week on the pop charts, and this more limited achievement seemed to be enough to please the man responsible: 45-year-old Country-Western Singer Dave McEnery, known to his fans as Red River Dave...
Editorial Boldness. Houstonians have learned to expect outspokenness from the Press, a paper that has little to lose and much to gain from piping up. The Press's editorial vigor gains extra measure from the timidity of the Chronicle and the Post...
...before they reached Alaska. Last May the Russians offered to let the Japanese, excluded from their traditional fishing grounds since 1945, return to some of their old areas, if they would restrict their catches. The Japanese agreed. The big 1960 run will greatly help the troubled Alaskan economy. Experts expect this season's catch to be worth $67 million, second only to the record catch of 1948. The catch will bring the state $1,380,000 taxes, has given the fishing industry-the state's second largest industry (after construction)-a timely, welcome new lease on life...