Word: expectations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...phone and have a scintillating conversation with myself before hanging up and getting back online. I had to make it snappy, however, since the system gives me only 7 sec. before it takes the modem off line. Actiontec is working on a longer time frame, but don't expect it anytime soon...
...writings should surprise no one. He, along with Mark Twain, essentially invented the plain but supple American prose style, carefully composed to sound casual. So, to stress the point that "high blueberries" must be looked for in swamps, Thoreau writes, "When I see their dense curving tops ahead, I expect a wet foot." He dresses his adages in homespun: "All kinds of harvestry, even pulling turnips when the first cold weather numbs your fingers, are interesting if you have been the sower and have not sowed too many...
...Republican plan is heavily oriented toward consumption and growth, the Democrats' toward savings and debt reduction--not quite what one would expect from the past history of the parties...
...latest CD the gangsta rapper addresses nuclear proliferation, explores the "digital divide" between blacks and whites, quotes liberally from Hegel...nah, we're just playin'. Dre's album is mostly about weed, "bitches" and guns, just as you'd expect. Still, some of the beats are fresh and involving, and Dre's collaborations with Eminem and Snoop Dogg have ferocity and wit. But you have to wonder: Can gangsta themes age gracefully? Will Dr. Dre 2041 find an older, wiser Dre boasting about the benefits of marijuana for glaucoma...
...while a few airlines may be able to capitalize on the public's urge to travel through the New Year, says Baumohl, they shouldn't expect that demand to last long once the tinsel and noisemakers are put away. Other major airlines have held fast against the increase so far, and aside from the initial gains from the holiday rush, the price increases could turn out to be very temporary for Delta and American. "These two airlines may be able to get away with these prices through the holidays, when demand is highest," says Baumohl, "but if the other airlines...