Sentence:  Remembering the step-by-step fate of Danzig and the West German misgivings about `` salami '' tactics , it is to be <WSD>hoped</WSD> that the dispatch of General Clay to West Berlin as President Kennedy 's representative will mark a stiffening of response not only to future indignities and aggressions but also to some that have passed . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  expect and wish