Word: prospect
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...strong Mothers of East L.A. passed around cookies to celebrate a major victory: cancellation of a proposed commercial incinerator they claimed could spew cancer-causing particles over the community by burning 22,500 tons of used motor oil and industrial sludge annually. Citing "political pressure" and the prospect of "interminable litigation," attorneys for Security Environmental Systems, which was to build the facility, ruefully announced "abandonment" of the project...
When the Irishman matriculated at Harvard in 1987, he was already viewed as a top prospect. He joined the Crimson because he shared a coach with then-Captain James Russell, who threw the hammer...
What may be the end of the line for the Nehrus and Gandhis may also rid India of the cult of personality and the stranglehold of centralized power. When Indira was elevated to the Congress presidency in 1959, Nehru was the first to abhor the prospect of a dynasty. He later told an American interviewer, "I am not capable of ruling from the grave. How terrible it would be if I, after all I have said about the processes of democratic government, were to attempt to handpick a successor. The best I can do for India is to help...
...present the agency is faced with the daunting prospect of several dozen large plans -- representing 3 million active and retired workers -- that are underfunded to the tune of $30 billion. Worst of all is a class of financially weak corporate behemoths, such as LTV and Chrysler, whose pension plans are severely short of cash. Unless their sales and profits improve, some of these large funds could collapse. Already running a deficit of $1.8 billion, the PBGC estimates its deficit could grow to $8 billion by the end of this decade...
...total of $30 million. But some locals oppose the plan, prompting the town's landmarks commission to postpone for a month its decision on Trump's application. He has warned that if the board turns him down, he will sell the mansion to the Unification Church. The prospect of Moonies hawking flowers on the streets of Palm Beach is expected to have a powerful effect on the panel...