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Industrial-production figures for the euro zone came in below expectatio ns, showing a contraction in June, while in Greece, data showed the economy contracted 1.5% in the second quarter.
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O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
O Antiphons: O Emmanuel Argent 2006
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[437] Memoria, contuitus, and expectatio: a pattern that corresponds vaguely to the movement of Augustine's thought in the Confessions: from direct experience back to the supporting memories and forward to the outreach of hope and confidence in God's provident grace.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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The dash after man is from A and D, both of which quote Nam expectatio cresturae, &c. from Romans viii.
Notes 1918
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This seems to be a version framed by Vaughan to suit the imagery of this eminently characteristic poem; -- the Vulgate giving Nam expectatio creaturae, revelationem filiorum Dei expectat.
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Et hic singularis quædam injuria bifariam academiæ intentata est; vel quia hoc modo omnis expletæ absolutæque doctrinæ spes longe ante messem, in ipsa quasi herbescenti viriditate, præciditur; vel quia omnis pauperum inopumque expectatio, quorum ætates omnes in literarum studio conteruntur, ab his fucis eorum sedes occupantibus, exclusa illusaque præripitur.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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The dash after _man_ is from A and D, both of which quote 'Nam expectatio creaturae', &c. from Romans viii.
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Gerard Manley Hopkins 1866
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We still have the daunting task of defining middle class lifestyle and expectatio ns so we have some idea of the vision for a strong America we are striving for.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Van Jones 2011
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You go there to get a fast, hot meal, that comes to you, tasting good, and with reasonable expectatio n, that you will quell your hunger, without much fuss!
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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You seem bound hobbled by some set of societal expectatio
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Danielle Sinay 2011
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