Aware of the high expectations for the speech, Mr. Obama and his advisers have spent months soliciting opinion and advice from a wide variety of experts, from men of the cloth to Arab businessmen to Persian scholars.
By the time she spoke at the Republican convention, journalists had so lowered expectations that a run-of-the-mill speech would have been enough to win the evening.
Summarizing the results, the New Republic reviewer said: "Contrary to expectations, the content of the speech made no difference to behavior.
Dawson and colleagues [ 41] noted that nurses expectations of the accuracy of speech recognition systems were low.
"There was no expectation the outcome of the speech would be an immediate resumption of talks," a senior administration official said after the meeting.
He is aware of the expectations resting on him ahead of the speech, and may consider inviting any protesters to join him on the stage afterwards to continue the debate, though he admits that he is "fucking terrified" of the event.
Merkel told MPs and peers: "I have been told many times during the last few days that there are very special expectations of my speech here today.
Opening her speech at the Palace of Westminster in English, Merkel said: "I have been told many times during the last few days that there are very special expectations of my speech here today.
January 14 , 2013From Iain Martin Iain Martin (@iainmartin1) Surely No.10 needs to be scaling down expectations of Cam speech, rather than having him out there a week before warbling on?
The German chancellor told British MPs that she had heard several times there were "very special expectations of my speech here today".
