Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prospect both excited and mortified me. Fantasy and reality merged, and I wasn't sure I could handle the responsibility of it all. My stomach hadn't been in such a tumult since I partook of the Union's bul gogi last month. What if I messed up? What if He thought I was a fool? I spent an anxious, sleepless night staring at my roommate's mattress. Finally, I got out of bed and did what I had done so many sleepless nights before: I dialed 5-5700. His voice instantly assuaged my insecurity. Before Menu Man had even...
...susceptible to Kerkorian's unwholesome charms, is putting the company in jeopardy to satisfy his own ambition. "They are shocked and pissed,'' says one board member. "It's '80s greed vs. '90s forward-thinking management. Iacocca's involvement is really getting under people's skin.'' Certainly there's a prospect of money in the deal for him. For all his wealth-$200 million at last estimate-Iacocca has never been able to move as an equal among the billionaire financiers who own companies and don't just manage them. At Kerkorian's $55 offering price, his $50 million in Chrysler...
...sign of a threatening cloud or inclement weather often significantly reduces the prospect of a productive and cheerful...
Despite Harvard's poor showings in recent years, Vankoski was lured to the Ivy League both by the promise of playing time and the prospect of a rapid turnaround...
Back in Cambridge, I commented to my newly-legal roommate oh-so-politically-correctly about the wealth of "alcoholically-enabled" people we saw on our way to dinner. When we arrived at the restaurant, the hostess mentioned the enticing prospect of white peach margaritas. I couldn't resist. I had to play the game once more. I asked for a pitcher of said dreamy substance. "You all have ID, right?" she sighed boredly. "Yep," we said. And that was it. Soon, with that thrill that only the non-legal know, we too were alcoholically-enabled. Sorry, elementary school, you lost...