Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...close to Dole in the Iowa caucus last week. His isolationist, protectionist views are anathema and would result in a United States even more fearful of foreigners than it already is. He has promised to be "the most pro-life president in the history of the United States," a prospect reeking of Big Brother. And how much can you trust someone whose campaign aide took part in white supremacist rallies...
These names, to be sure, do not constitute anyone's idea of a celebrity A-list. It would be comforting to assume that the Collins--Random House imbroglio arose because the publisher finally felt shame at the prospect of putting out more bad prose under a big name. But it is equally possible, as Collins claims, that Random House decided the market for brand-label fiction was collapsing (or at least the market for the Joan Collins brand, once Dynasty left the air in 1989) and that the publisher could never earn back the $4 million it had promised...
Though faced with the prospect of new phone-company rivals, cable companies had reason to cheer. Not only will they be allowed to venture into the local phone business, they will also be freed from any limit on how much they can charge for cable service. All federal rate caps (removed by Congress in 1984, only to be restored eight years later) will be phased out in three years--sooner in smaller markets...
...Army seems more haunted by the prospect of leaks from the aging arsenal. The first mainland incinerator was rushed into construction in 1989 with only 60% of the blueprint complete. Located in Tooele, Utah, home of the nation's largest chemical stockpile, the facility was built by EG&G Defense Materials Inc., under contract to the Army. But Utah residents are wary of the military after the atomic-testing scandal of the 1950s. "The firebricks blew up in the kiln at Johnston," says Steve Jones, a safety inspector who was fired by EG&G in 1994, after just three months...
Could it be that the prospect of lifting the tax burden borne by rich people tends to make me feverish...