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Great Expectations

Director:Alfonso CuaronWriter:Mitch GlazerDirector of Photography:Emmanuel LubezkiEditor:Steve WeisbergMusic:Patrick DoyleProduction Designer:Tony BurroughProducer:Art LinsonTwentieth Century…

Kate Expectations

      Kate Expectations   Great expectations and much speculation followed the announcement of Kate Middleton's pregnancy. Related Links Prince William and Kate Middleton Wedding…

Lucas, Robert Emerson, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Lucas, Robert Emerson, Jr., 1937–, American economist, b. Yakima, Wash., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1964. Lucas taught at Carnegie Mellon Univ. (1963–74) before joining the faculty at the…

Life Expectancy by Country

The Places Where People Live the Longest If you look at the rankings, the average life expectancy by country can vary greatly. Why is that? Some factors, like access to health care, are obvious.…

Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr., 1933–, American economist, b. Evanston, Ill., Ph.D. Yale, 1959. He has been a professor at Yale (1960–66), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1966–71), Columbia (…

Sargent, Thomas John

(Encyclopedia) Sargent, Thomas John, 1943–, American economist, b. Pasadena, Calif., Ph.D. Harvard (1968). He has been on the faculty at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1970–71), Univ. of Minnesota (1971–…

To the Great Falls of the Missouri

Chapter 9 Chapter 11 To the Great Falls of the Missouri Next day, June 8, the Lewis party returned to the main body of the expedition. They reported that timber was scarce along…

Brewer's: Expectation Week

Between the Ascension and Whit Sunday, when the apostles continued praying “in earnest expectation of the Comforter.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Tiptoe of Expectation

(On the). All agog with curiosity. I am like one standing on tiptoe to see over the shoulders of a crowd. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tirer une…

Brewer's: Shield of Expectation

(The). The naked shield given to a young warrior in his virgin campaign. As he achieved glory, his deeds were recorded or symbolised on his shield. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…