The 5.7 percent growth in GDP from October to December beat analyst expectations by more than one percent.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

On the positive side, the Commerce Department reports U.S.factory orders rose 0.4 percent in June, beating analysts' expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

It is a combination of future expectations and too much of liquidity again back in the market."

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

He says his mood of high expectations and happiness has been transformed into a heavy mind and sadness with the news of the terrorist attack in Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The organization has made a difference in people's lives beyond Irvine-Halliday's expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"There was a feeling that if you weren't participating in the discussion, you weren't living up to expectations for the classroom which really wasn't how other classrooms worked.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

World leaders have already tried to temper expectations, warning that the current crisis did not come about overnight and will not be resolved in such short order either.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

His death in June raised expectations of change in Gabon.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Economist Vincent Chan from Credit Suisse in Hong Kong believes the main problem for the government is to manage expectations of the second generation of migrant workers who form the back bone of China's success.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"Some positive signals have appeared in the last weeks, including the evolution of the financial markets, improvement in business expectations and some real indicators, such as export data in Asia,pointing, all of them, to a stabilization of the economy in the second part of this year and a gradual recovering in 2010,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.04