Word: expectedly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...most disconcerting part of the Mencken diary. The Mencken of these pages is an unsympathetic figure, historically interesting, perhaps, but unsympathetic nonetheless. He is caught up in the petty prejudices and mundane concerns that dominate most of his contemporaries' lives, though his writings and reputation had taught us to expect more...
...Union workers wore large, round straw hats, the type of which you'd expect to see in a black-and-white 1940's photo of a Chinese farmer. These hats served no purpose whatsoever, except to offend diners. What connection did these hats have to modern day China? How many of these hats were seen in Tiananmen Square? Surely, Harvard would never dare to outfit its employees in Indian headdresses and war paint to celebrate the Native American heritage. Was the use of such hats any different...
...economically and socially. Blacks, who have fought so ineffectually for almost 80 years, have come to feel that their long struggle has not been in vain. In the climate of flexibility fostered by the reform-minded government of State President F.W. de Klerk, the vast majority of South Africans expect a new kind of country to emerge. But the races are still far, far apart on what kind of country that will...
...much to expect that a hardscrabble little country like Haiti, for | so long devastated by tyrants, disease and poverty, could achieve democracy in any reasonable time. Yet that was the hope 16 months ago, when Lieut. General Prosper Avril, 52, ousted dictator Henri Namphy and swiftly pledged to step aside after holding elections. That promise, Avril declared, was "irreversible...
Starting salary at the Moscow McDonald's is 1.5 rubles an hour, average by Soviet standards and about $2.40 at the official exchange rate, but top managers can expect to earn more substantial wages. Alexander Omelchenko, 31, the dairy-line manager, says he earned 250 rubles a month working in a scientific institute before being hired by McDonald's. "I now make 450 rubles a month," he says proudly. "McDonald's is more demanding, but it offers me a chance to prove myself...