Going into debates, campaigns try to lower expectations for their candidates while raising expectations for their opponents.
By raising expectations about pension incomes, Mr Darling may have given the spending spiral a further upward twist.
Reuters reported progress has been made in labor discussions, raising expectations that workers will soon head back to work.
Their focus is not on real performance but raising expectations about future performance.
More generally, he runs the risk of raising expectations that he cannot meet.
Before war broke out, the administration's conservative backers had made the case for war to the public by raising expectations.
ENHANCE, as the study is known, had been delayed for 18 months, raising expectations among some cardiologists of a negative result.
By raising standards, raising expectations and raising accountability.
Mr. Kuroda, who has promised to go all out to boost the inflation rate to 2% in two years, has said bold easing by the central bank is needed, raising expectations for this week's policy-board meeting, the first under his watch.
Forbes.com had previously reported that the study, Enhance, had been delayed for eighteen months, raising expectations among some cardiologists of a negative result. (See "The Vytorin Question") The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has started an investigation into the delay.
He discussed raising expectations for students and schools, boosting teacher effectiveness, and providing greater flexibility to support innovation and improvements throughout public education, including fostering a Race to the Top in our schools and providing incentives and rewards to help students make significant strides and to succeed.
Wouldn't an American peace initiative then merely add to the store of bitterness by raising false expectations?
As a Presidential candidate, though, Obama was not averse to raising great expectations.
That is progress of a sort, albeit not the sort that poses the slightest danger of raising high expectations.
Buying bonds drives down rates, but raising inflationary expectations could push rates higher.
However, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said the mandate was "dangerously at odds with the reality on the ground and risked raising unrealistic expectations".
Company officials believe that by raising the expectations of Chinese customers, Caterpillar can steer China's equipment industry toward a new business model that favors Caterpillar's service-oriented approach.
And much has to do with raising fan expectations.
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Finally, in March 2009 AQUA-LAC became reality raising also great expectations.
So big expectations for raising the city's profile and for the economy, but lets not forget the music.
Not surprisingly, Mrs Hitchcock is a firm believer in the value of Ofsted in setting high expectations and raising standards.
Costco, the large membership wholesaler, posted fourth quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday, falling under expectations and raising membership fees, despite solid revenue growth.
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For doctors, it will be a case of managing another task and set of expectations, and raising awareness of the directive, in an already busy clinical setting.
Graham says startups should lower their expectations for valuations when raising capital.
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To be truly effective, a woman has to be just as good at managing those expectations downwards as she is at raising that hope in the first place.
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Adhering to the public-spending plans set in last November's budget and raising taxes to lower borrowing, although an unlikely prospect, would dampen demand, so reducing expectations of higher interest rates, weakening sterling and boosting exports.
The strong jobs report for March has expectations rising that the Fed will dial back its QE2 stimulus right away, and begin raising interest rates soon.
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