Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Challenged by three quick Brown goals toward the end of the third quarter, Harvard faced the prospect of another disappointing defeat until freshman Julian Alexander put the Crimson back on top with a goal at the 2:30 mark...
...worth talking about." His most zealous supporters, however, refuse to take what Perot now says at face value. Says Orson s followers, he said, would monitor the candidates to assess how well they toe the policy lines he has drawn. If Bush and Clinton both satisfy him -- an unlikely prospect -- Perot would stand down. If only one does, he might endorse that candidate. If they both fail his test, he implied, he might heed the calls from remaining fans to compete...
...result is a perennial period of scrambling and stress. Professors of over-enrolled classes frantically search for qualified graduate students, while teaching fellows in under-enrolled courses face the prospect of losing their jobs...
...which could add up to a very long haul for Fischer-Spassky II, especially if unavoidable draws -- the outcome of the second game, a seven- hour marathon -- proliferate, delaying the accumulation of wins. The prospect of two weary, middle-aged former world champions going after each other in frozen Belgrade next January is not very appealing. It was clear at the outset that this rematch would not be a case of deja vu all over again; what remains to be seen is whether history will repeat itself as farce...
...electric chair, Carnes appeared to be on a smooth course to confirmation before the question of racism in the justice system was illuminated by the fires of Los Angeles after the Rodney King verdict. Meanwhile, the Democratic dream of recapturing the White House moved from fond hope to real prospect. After 12 years in which the Reagan and Bush Administrations have filled three-quarters of all federal judgeships with mostly conservative appointees, some Democrats in Congress are now thinking twice about giving fast approval to the dozens of White House court nominees who await confirmation in what...