“Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation.” MayGrowthDealsEconomyInfluenceResearchExpectationsProgramImpactPrimariesConsumersInflationNew DealFuture Growth Author:Christina Romer
“Medical education is not just a program for building knowledge and skills in its recipients... it is also an experience which creates attitudes and expectations.” AttitudeTeachingBuildingSkillsExpectationsProgramMedicalMedical Education Author:Abraham Flexner
“A mother should have some fantasy about her child's future. It will increase her interest in the child, for one thing. To turn the fantasy into a program to make the child fly an airplane across the country, for example, isn't the point. That's the fulfillment of the parent's own dreams. That's different. Having a fantasy - which the child will either seek to fulfill or rebel against furiously - at least gives a child some expectation to meet or reject.” GivingShouldChildrenDifferentCountryDreamMotherTurnsParentInterestFantasyOne ThingExampleExpectationsProgramShould HaveIncreaseFulfillmentRejectsRebelAirplane Author:James Hillman
“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.” DifferentRealityHappensReligionSufferingCoursesImaginationGriefAcceptingExpectationsProgramBlessedOneselfThings HappenCurseBereavementMournGrief Observed Author:C. S. Lewis
“I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.” ThinkingSpaceExpectationsProgramInternationalStationsSpace ShuttleInternational Space StationShuttle Program Author:Buzz Aldrin
“CMS has a track record of successfully overseeing the many contractors our programs depend on to function. Unfortunately, a subset of those contracts for HealthCare.gov have not met expectations.” RecordsDependsMetsExpectationsProgramFunctionTrackContractsHealthcareTrack RecordContractorOverseeing Author:Marilyn Tavenner