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So if yousee “New Moon,” expecta crowd of women of all ages — and not just those who are chaperoning their kids.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR NOV 21 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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He notices that other OECD countries spend less and achieve the same or better life expecta ...
Evaluating Health Care Systems, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I would expecta movie to do the same thing, to make a change, if necessary to make the story they want to tell best.
COMIC-CON 2010: DC's DAN DiDIO talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction 2010
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He paused, his broad, open Highlander face suffused with a mix of doubt and cautious expecta - tion.
Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000
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You are providers of a breeding ground for a world-class product based on an ancient craft; but also a product which, if used irre - sponsibly, can harm people, their families and their life expecta - tions.
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We would not expecta magazine of Drum's sanding to publish such a ridiculous statement without testing its veracity.
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Had you known the truth of things, had you understood the expecta - tions held for you, would it have been the same?
The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992
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Joachim's it owed to him the almost universal expecta - tion of the coming end to the present age, and its displacement by a new golden age, which would en - dure for the rest of time.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas GORDON LEFF 1968
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For the others, we can as a rule do no more than infer their expecta - tions about the future from their attitude to the past and the present.
PROGRESS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY E. R. DODDS 1968
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His expecta - tion of a peaceful death as an outgrowth of a “proper life” does not really convey Montaigne's radically new attitude toward life which determines his eventual attitude toward death.
DEATH AND IMMORTALITY JACQUES CHORON 1968
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