Word: prospect
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...being forced to think about what the future holds for us out there in "the real world." When we bump into friends in the Yard or in the dining hall, we have a new question to ask each other: "So, what will you be up to next year?" The prospect of leaving the ivory tower and finding our way in the world outside is in many ways a daunting one. For those seniors without concrete plans for the future, it can be an especially frightening prospect...
With the recent formation of a subcommittee on possible independence from the University, PBHA now finds itself at a crossroads. We believe PBHA must seize this opportunity to begin raising funds for its eventual withdrawal from University financial support. Independence offers the prospect of keeping Johnson as director and avoiding Kidd, but it would also mean the loss of University resources. Lewis's appointment of Kidd has hardly benefited the cause of public service at Harvard--it has instead placed its future in jeopardy...
Then there is the historical factor: the experience of recent campaigns suggests that no normal person who takes the time to think clearly through the prospect of running would decide to do it. The accounts of his wife Alma's fear for their privacy and his safety are not overstated, says a longtime family friend. Stories about her use of antidepressant medication wounded the Powell camp. A family member is blunt about her attitude toward a presidential run: "Alma doesn't want to hear anything about...
...first political assassination in the nation's short history left Israelis in utter shock. First there was the prospect of a Jew killing a Jew. In a land where every Jewish life is counted precious, there could be no greater horror. And when the victim was also the Prime Minister whose brave policies of peace have torn the populace in two, the act seemed almost literally unthinkable. The assassin had apparently been driven by the simplistic idea that if he could kill this one man, he could kill the whole process of peace. The true tragedy would...
PAULA BARBIERI End of O.J. engagement cuts short prospect of carefree domestic bliss...