This expectation reached a fever pitch after the weak employment data for September was reported Oct. 2 and investors bought Treasury bills and short term notes, driving the prices up and the yields down.

Towards the end of the war the expectations of reform reached new peaks; the increasing prospect of peace focused the mind.

Consumers continue to say that the current economic situation remains relatively good, but their expectations for the coming six months have reached an eight-year low.

As I sunned myself at the nearby Sandy Lane hotel, expectations reached fever pitch.

For example, when expectations for volatility reached similar levels in 1993, the index stayed near 10 percent for more than two years.

These expectations reached a fever pitch during the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragon between 1480 and 1513.

Anyone replacing Craig Brown was going to have a difficult job - expectations for the Scottish national team were, at the time, to reach the group stages of a major tournament and with a bit of luck and hope, reach the knockout stages.

In a market where expectations can quickly reach unrealistic proportions, Isringhausen figures to capture the imagination of a franchise and city looking for a new baseball hero.

My expectations, I couldn't reach them.

Unrealistic American expectations of Christmas snow reached peak intensity in World War II, thanks to "White Christmas," which filled a powerful wartime need for separated family members to express melancholy yearnings at holiday time.