Most observers believed that without expansion slavery would eventually die out ; Lincoln argued this in 1845 and 1858.

Most observers agree that the elections themselves were relatively free and transparent and that the opposition parties garnered between two-thirds and three-quarters of the total vote.

Most observers familiar with horses and their capabilities estimate that Watt was either a bit optimistic or intended to underpromise and overdeliver ; few horses can maintain that effort for long.

Most observers thought that Landis waited because he did not want to rule against the two established leagues and their contracts.

Most observers describe Venezuela in terms of four fairly well-defined regions: the Maracaibo lowlands in the northwest, the northern mountains extending in a broad east-west arc from the Colombian border along the Caribbean Sea, the wide Orinoco plains ( llanos ) in central Venezuela, and rank highly dissected Guiana highlands in the southeast.

Most international observers believed that these negotiations would lead to Kosovo's independence, subject to a period of international supervision.

Most observers rated Dewey as the winner of the debate, and a few days later Dewey defeated Stassen in Oregon.

Most observers felt that Kennedy won the debate, and Johnson was not able to expand his delegate support beyond the South.

Most observers credited him with being scrupulously fair in presenting opinions of the agencies to the President, even when they conflicted with his own.

Most observers noted the personal animus between the bishop of Lincoln and the pope, but it did not stop the pope from agreeing to most of Grosseteste's demands about the way the English church ought to function.

Most recently, Claude " Buddy " Leach ran a populist campaign in the Louisiana gubernatorial election of 2003 that some observers compared to Huey Long's.

Most observers guess the population of Nogales, Sonora, at roughly 300, 000. International commerce is a big part of Nogales ’ economy.

Most external observers agree that Hu presided over a decade of consistent economic growth, led China through the storm of the global financial crisis relatively unscathed, and increased China's international stature immensely.

Most observers, whether they were in favor of the Indian removal policy or not, realized that the passage of the act meant the inevitable removal of most Indians from the states.

Most political observers see the Crown Prince Party as having been at the pinnacle of their power in the 1980s and to have had their power reduced after 1989 for a number of reasons:

Most observers thought this was an unprecedented move, but Iacocca pointed to the government's bailouts of the airline and railroad industries.

Most ringside observers and boxing writers felt Walcott deserved the win, and so there was a rematch on June 25, 1948, when Louis prevailed once again, this time by a knockout in round 11.

Most observers, notably Gus and Clara Allen, are quite certain that Call is his father.

Most observers remarked that with the exception of Applefest, the annual “ Warwick Valley Bridal Trail ” in the downtown business and historical district has eclipsed all other one-day Village events in size and participation.

Most domestic and international observers consider his regime to be one of the most corrupt, ethnocentric, oppressive and undemocratic states in the world.

Most Churches of God are Sabbatarian observers of primitive, apostolic Christianity, as are some Noahide Churches of the Nazarene.

Most observers expected Chiang's government to eventually fall in response to a Communist invasion of Taiwan, and the United States initially showed no interest in supporting Chiang's government in its final stand.

Most observers believed that the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) would have preferred to see Chen Shui-bian replaced by an administration less sympathetic to Taiwan independence and more in favor of Chinese reunification.

Most observers believed that this was because the PRC has learned that any comments, especially in the form of threats, have been counterproductive.

Most graphic designers entering the field since about 1990 are expected to be proficient in at least one or two of these programs.

Most women in the U. S. found it necessary to marry, to a " front " such as a gay man where both could pursue homosexual relationships with public discretion, or to a man who expected a traditional wife.

Most of the investments are funded or are expected to be funded through aid.

Most of the nation's Founding Fathers expected the Congress, which was the first branch of government described in the Constitution, to be the dominant branch of government ; they did not expect a strong executive.

Most commonly, children are expected to be able to swim – of which at least on their back – after first falling into deep water and getting their head under water.

Most VHS machines advertised as " SECAM capable " outside of France can be expected to be of the MESECAM variety only.

Most experts expected that the Giants defense would not be able to contain the Bills ' turbo-charged, no-huddle offense, which had scored 95 points in 2 playoff games.

Most subject – verb – object languages place genitives after the noun, though there is a significant minority, including the postpositional SVO languages of West Africa, the Hmong – Mien languages, some Sino-Tibetan languages, and such European languages as Swedish, Danish, Lithuanian and Latvian, that have prenominal genitives ( as would be expected in a SOV language ).

Most politicians expected that he would soon be replaced by Menzies, who resigned from Cabinet in protest at the government's inaction on the national insurance scheme.

Most were trained under apprenticeships and were expected to have a basic knowledge of Latin, ritual and doctrine.

Most commonly there are three decoys along with a copy of the target itself, giving an expected overall hit rate of 25 % over several dozens of trials.

Most all of the meetings on important town issues in which the public are expected to participate are held after normal " working hours.

Most manorial work was segregated by gender during the regular times of the year ; however, during the harvest, the whole family was expected to work the fields.

Most of it is expected to opened in Summer 2012.

Most chimeras composed of both male and female cells probably do not have an intersex condition, as might be expected if the two cell populations were evenly blended throughout the body.

Most potential candidates were accompanied by groups of gentlemen as staff and bodyguards like Coligny ; so, each killing of a leader could have been expected to involve killing these as well.

Most patrons were expected to consult the books on site.

Most of the early adopters expected some official support after legalisation.

Most manufacturers were somewhat surprised by the decision: having expected a 500 cc limit, they had already developed new engines to fit such restrictions.

Most copies are bought by learner drivers, who are expected to learn the manual for their driving test.

Most expected Armstrong to take it, although in previous days he had shown to be not as strongly reigning as in previous years, but in the end he lost one and a half minutes to Jan Ullrich although winning over the rest of the field.

Most notably, the opening book is usually expected to be handled by the interface, by simply selecting moves to play until it is out of book, and only then starting up the engine for calculation in the resulting position.

) Most of the syllables with the vowel " i " have a shape like the " a " series, except that the angle between the short tick and the long line is approximately 45 ° rather than 90 °; there are a few " i " forms that do not fit the pattern ( such as " is " and " it ") because they are especially common, and some of the forms that might be expected to represent " i " plus a consonant have been turned to other purposes, such as the prefix " circum -.