The country's new leader, Xi Jinping, has ignited expectations of bold economic liberalization, but he has also cast himself as a resolute defender of Communist Party control, leaving even insiders uncertain about how far he will push changes that could strain the webs of state patronage and unsettle the stability that he and many other officials also prize.
In what comes across as a stretch to re-ignite expectations, Robert Pittman and Chairman Steve Case Steve Case have begun to make noise about home networking and Internet telephony.
"How does it feel to have everything?" asked Richard Jack Hustonn), the tragic war veteran (half face, half mask) who introduced a real dimension of pathos when he arrived late in the last series, and still ignites expectation every time he appears on screen.
And now that the grand jury's decision has arrived in the form of a smirking white prosecutor, all of the agony of that wait has culminated in nothing more than the sum of our grim expectations, to ignite cynicism and an old rage.
When Quade Cooper was handed his first start of the tournament against South Africa last weekend, the expectation was that he would ignite the backline and bring more creativity to the attack.
Each family has their own ritual that stirs the imagination and ignites unparalleled feelings of expectation.
The expectation is that these stimulus measures will ignite the sluggish economy.
Great things were predicted for him the following day and some great things came but sadly only a few on the international stage to match the expectations his composed, intelligent and classy innings had ignited at Lord's that evening.
Investors rushed to buy the precious metal on expectations that the Federal Reserve may say tomorrow that it will print more money in order to ignite the slowly recovering US economy.
Inflation expectations are so low right now, sometimes bordering on worries about deflation, that most economists say the Federal Reserve can cut rates without igniting inflationary fears.
