Word: expected
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...didn't expect to hear some campaign words played back to me, and it's been fairly intense," Bush remarked at a press conference Friday. Under repeated taunting, however, he compared himself with Abraham Lincoln, who had once said, "We must think anew." Even then, Bush turned down what amounted to a dare to say, in so many words, "We have to raise taxes." Nonetheless, he gave a rationale for accepting a boost: new revenues, said Bush, are a necessary part of any compromise package to cut the budget deficit, and a lower deficit in turn is essential to bring...
...then there is the constancy of the big finish. Naturally, McLane unravels the plot kills the bad guys and saves thousands of innocent holiday travelers. Hate to ruin the ending, but really, what else can you expect from a movie like this...
...expect President Derek C. Bok to be a lame duck this year just because he's announced his intention to resign in June. Although Newsweek's conventional-wisdom gurus called him "Harvard's own Gerald Ford," Bok's low public profile can be very deceiving. He's no A. Bartlett Giamatti, which some people may regret, but he's no John Silber either, which makes every-one happy...
However, you should expect to read about the Corporation quite a bit in the press this year. That's because its members are responsible for selecting Harvard's next president...
Most observers expect young Kim's rule to be short lived. "As soon as his father dies, Kim will be overthrown by the military," predicts Kwon Moon Sool, director of the Research Institute on National Security Affairs in Seoul. In an attempt to guard against a coup, Kim has installed trusted allies in the Defense Ministry and the army. But if his father's death provokes unrest, the military could well take over: there are no known democratic alternatives or any organized opposition groups...