Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...humanitarian mission in Bihac virtually to a standstill. Through their complex chain of backtracked commitments and broken promises, the Serbs have proved themselves masters at the game of playing one side against another. Late last week, they took the game to a new level by introducing the prospect of having Jimmy Carter engage in another round of freewheeling diplomacy...
...With the prospect of dying he isn't hopeless," says R. Michael Lopez '97. "He's not just defeatist. He knows he already has what he needs. He has something to look forward...
...years, the Crimson has laced up talented players, only to see them bow at the prospect of unfulfilled promise. Last year's squad was a good example; expected to vie for top honors in the league, it finished a measly 7-19, its worst record since the 1983-84 season. Further evidence has been the squad's poor performance at invitationals; before this weekend, it hadn't won a tournament since...
...fair, many students are concerned more with housing location than with the thought of diversity "in their bedrooms." And it is true that randomization raises the unpalatable prospect of housing students in the Quad who are opposed to living there because of distance from classes or, alternatively, placing students attracted to the Quad's large rooms and removed location in the river houses. The reality, though, is that freshman are already housed randomly, and sophomores who are involuntarily randomized more often than not learn to love the house they wind up in. Moreover, total randomization would not affect the selection...
...second important game was the home game against Lexington. Rashad Wilson had turned into a Division I college prospect and the Boston Globe had ranked the Minutemen near the top of its preseason poll. They were the consensus pick for the Middlesex League title, while we were regarded as too young to do anything...