Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that prospect that left several shoppersat the Coop's flagship Harvard Square storeexpressing frustration last night...
...Israel. He saw no irony in reassuring his audience that the West Bank settlements are valuable and truly livable, while simultaneously designating their inhabitants as mere cannon fodder. To use citizens in such a way is evidence of a very odd logic--an ad hoc obstructionism which offers no prospect of a decisive issue...
...father's chagrin, we couldn't repeat last year's successful race to be the first car in the Yard. Instead, I awoke in Albany, New York on that fateful Friday to sheets of rain outside. A leaky trunk and a bicycle strapped to the car, along with the prospect of sopping computers, books, and clothes when I moved in, pretty much ruined the day. By the time I arrived and was sentenced to Jordan, I barely flinched...
Bill Clinton's initial response has been perfectly pitched. By overly praising Israel, Clinton has assured Israelis that Washington will block any Arab attempt to exploit Jerusalem's goodwill. Even the prospect of U.S. troops in Gaza is possible, much as American forces helped monitor the Sinai accord a decade ago. Clinton must move beyond merely reviving the aborted U.S.-P.L.O. dialogue and actively embrace Arafat. As the P.L.O. leader's weakness dictated compromise with Israel, it now burdens the peace. Hard-line rejectionists want Arafat's head, literally. Prime Minister Rabin has come to understand that Arafat...
...nightmare vision of what could happen if the extremists prevail and the forces for peace cannot hold may also provide an impetus to succeed. The other prospect would be terrible indeed: the Israeli army marching back into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the face of an entrenched P.L.O. and almost 2 million furious Palestinians. That outcome would swiftly wash away hopes for peace in a new wave of bloodshed...