The aides expected a much more elaborate briefing, and were flabbergasted.

His aides said last week that he was running for re-election and expected Mr. Jackson to support him.

By Horace's tone, the aide expected the northern officer to come charging out of the trees if it weren't true.

It is advice that her aides fully expect her to reject.

But Democrats said they did not believe that the president's aides had expected this much furor.

But the response on Tuesday was not what she and her aides expected.

It is a message that aides expect will play well, especially in ethnic neighborhoods.

But many lawmakers and aides expect that the reorganization covering the executive branch will come first.

Likewise, his aides expect a commission to address how to overhaul the campaign finance laws.

The payoff came earlier than even Gore's aides expected.