Word: prospect
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fates of the TV set and the CD-ROM, plus the ever changing prospect of even newer technologies, are reasons why it is so tough for builders of the information highway to decide what it is they should be selling. Companies that focus on providing Hollywood-packaged films, for example, could find consumers turning to an array of low-budget movies (some of them interactive) produced by small studios or even amateur filmmakers using increasingly available commercial cameras and multimedia kits. But companies that look to profit as distributors run the risk of becoming little more than common carriers, with...
Faced with the prospect of a diminished future, travel agents are fighting back in the courts. In what could be the start of a flood of challenges, Travel Network Ltd., a New Jersey firm that franchises 350 agencies around the world, last week sued six airlines for allegedly conspiring to fix commissions at artificially low levels. Particularly hard hit will be agencies that rely on business-travel packages, that cost more than $500 apiece for the bulk of their revenues-as compared with agencies that specialize in budget-vacation trips. "The airlines are willing to pay you your regular...
...Story, a two-part, four-hour rehash of Farrow's career and marriages and, of course, her nasty dustup with Allen. PATSY KENSIT (Lethal Weapon 2), as Mia, and DENNIS BOUTSIKARIS (Boys on the Side), as Woody, at least look the parts. Boutsikaris says he was "panicked" at the prospect of portraying a living person but finally decided, "If you think you can play Woody Allen...
While choosing courses and thesis topics may be a source of angst for seniors like Bresman, the prospect of actually getting a job is often beyond comprehension for the indecisive...
...country. ``The belief is,'' says a government official, ``if we give in to the U.S. on this one, they will just ask for more.'' Shen Rengan, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration, complains that ``there are a bunch of people in the U.S. who are petrified by the prospect of China becoming strong . . . The U.S. can't play globocop in China...