Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...professors interviewed all expressed various levels of excitement about the prospect of alien life, but they also uniformly cautioned against jumping to premature conclusions...
...sounds like a very interesting prospect," said Assistant Dean of Students Sarah E. Flatley...
...mood was decidedly upbeat for the upscale holders of tickets--at $636 for a good seat--even though they endured long lines at the security checkpoints. A few hours before the ceremonies Kristin Mathis, a 16-year-old member of the Carolina Youth Dance Theater, was overjoyed at the prospect of being a moon attendant in the elaborate Summertime number: "I mean, we once performed at the county fair, but this is the biggest, greatest thing ever." The blending of small town and wide world is what has already given these Olympics a special flavor. One Atlanta woman remarked...
...relief came when a CNN correspondent reported that "the only thing voters we've spoken with like less than Yeltsin is the prospect of upheaval." Dresner howled. "It worked," he shouted. "The whole strategy worked. They're scared to death!" After months being cooped up in the President Hotel wearing blue jeans, sneakers and PETE WILSON FOR PRESIDENT T shirts, the Americans headed for the building where Russia's central election commission would be announcing the results as they came in. "The hell with security," Dresner said. "I want to see this." And there they sat near the back...
...Silver notes that his omissions say more than the rhetoric: "He didn't mention the Oslo peace agreement, he set no time for redeploying troops from Hebron or meeting with Arafat. Unlike his predecessor, he still speaks of Arafat as a terrorist and shows visible repugnance at the prospect of meeting him." Netanyahu also insisted that peace negotiations cannot proceed as long as terrorist attacks continue, saying that one of the pillars of peace is reciprocity. "But the Palestinians have kept their side of that bargain," says Silver. "Even Netanyahu has to admit that the Palestinians has been cooperating very...