Word: prospect
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...combative Democratic candidate who wages an "in your face" campaign that ties Bush closely to his patrician roots. After New York's Mario Cuomo, who still appears disinclined to run, Bush's advisers most fear Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. Their public glee at the prospect of an old-fashioned liberal leading the Democrats is tempered by Harkin's populist rhetoric and slashing stump style...
...Philippines faces the loss of $305 million annually, which the U.S. had agreed to pay for the use of Subic Bay over the next 10 years; some 25,000 jobs for Filipinos on and around the base, with a payroll of more than $110 million annually; and the prospect of diminished economic and military aid. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney reflected Washington's tough response when he declared last week, "We'll pack up and move. That's it." But other officials indicated that the U.S. would listen if, in the next few months, the Philippines can find...
Student response, so far, appears extremely positive. About 800 freshmen have already signed up for the barbeque, according to officials. And football players--the main beneficiaries of the athletic department's efforts--also seem enthusiastic about the prospect of added fan support...
WHEN I ARRIVED on campus, I was plenty excited by the prospect of taking a seminar. An hour before the deadline for applications, just a few days after dorms opened, I scribbled out essays for four of them...
That grim prospect will further dampen what is already shaping up as the weakest U.S. upturn since World War II. "Even if there were no recession, there would still be massive layoffs," says Hugh Johnson, chief economist for the New York securities firm First Albany. "People are going to lose their jobs, and they are not going to be rehired." Concurs Allen Sinai, chief economist for the Boston Co. Economic Advisers: "The name of the game is to hold down the nose count...