Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tiran. U.S. delegates, however, were not completely discouraged. In a sense, the fact that the Israelis are still at Gaza and the Tiran Straits would further U.S. purposes. For Nasser, it is an absolute political necessity to get the Israelis out of his country-and there is no present prospect that the U.S. would support economic sanctions in the U.N. to get them...
...skies opened up and drenched Monaco one morning last week, portending in Riviera folklore the prospect of prosperity, health and character to all children born during rainstorms. In Monaco's pink-walled palace, Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite, 8 lbs. 3 oz., uttered her first wail, set off a chain reaction including a radio broadcast by her nervous father, Prince Rainier III, 33, a 21-gun salute from two ancient cannon, harbor whistles, bonfires, street dancing and a torrent of free champagne. No longer would Monacans worry that Rainier would die without an heir, a catastrophe that might have eventually...
...somewhat in replacing film for much TV production because, so far at least, it cannot be edited as flexibly. Also, its dramatic possibilities for swift visual news coverage will not be fully realized until lighter, more mobile machines can be built to accompany newsmen. Closer at hand is the prospect of great savings in heavy overtime pay now shelled out by broadcasters for night and weekend operations. Tape should enable them to shoot most of their broadcasting schedule in normal weekday working hours. Across the U.S., independent stations as well as the networks have given Ampex orders...
...prose that once characterized the weekly press, now run staff-written stories and editorials instead of the boilerplate and canned sermons that once crammed country papers. The old-time jack-of-all-trades country editor has been largely supplanted by trained staffs. Lured out of the cities by the prospect of editorial and economic independence, trained newsmen in increasing numbers are bringing professional standards to weekly newspapering...
Watkins looks like the best prospect on the team, combining speed and ability. He was runner-up last year in the New England championships...