The MLS is still largely only shown in the U.S., it hasn't really expanded globally as quickly as we would have expected.

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Cameron's mother Tracy said they were "really happy" with the outcome, as they had expected harsher sentences.

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Future growth was really expected to come from the proliferation of camera phones as prices came down.

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It's not really clear why the old CableCARD hasn't taken off as expected -- consumers blame their cable providers, who blame the card manufacturers, who blame device makers -- but nonetheless, the technology is far from dead, and now it looks like those long-awaited multi-stream CARDS could be available before the end of the year.

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Since Bartz was brought in as CEO, Yahoo really has not seen the turn around it expected.

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They create a lot of noise and as players here, as we're expected to perform, our players are really expecting our fans to perform this weekend.

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Opposition leaders, however, suggested the judicial activism Musharraf was really targeting was an expected Supreme Court ruling that would bar him from another term as Pakistan's president.

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Last week, the hopes that the economy was not really that bad were supported by some of the economic data (such as auto sales) turning out better than expected.

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