Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many seniors, with finals nearing and the prospect of even more studying at graduate school next year, saw no reason for celebration...
...ailing British economy through divestiture was the key development that pushed privatization into the mainstream. It showed, unsurprisingly, that private owners with their money on the line run companies more profitably than governments do. That, plus the more recent worldwide turn to capitalism, has made privatization an alluring prospect for sluggish state-controlled economies...
...Texas Rangers, doesn't allow himself an off-season, and is said to have perfect mechanics, meaning not just that his arm leverage lets him throw smoke but that his joints don't grind themselves to powder. This makes Ryan, who shows no sign of retiring, an unlikely prospect for a comeback, but never say never...
That tide is still running and with it the mistaken notion that weaknesses not only constitute part of human nature but absolutely define it. Suetonius would be amazed at the likes of Kelley and at the prospect of biography as target shooting. When the Roman noted in passing that Augustus had been accused of effeminacy and of softening the hair on his legs by singeing them with red-hot walnut shells, the information was presented as simply another part of a complex mosaic of personality. Nothing to get excited about or to stop the presses for. Nancy Reagan should have...
...other side of the problem--poverty. Bush could redirect funds in favor of social programs designed to help the poor. The self-proclaimed "Education President" whose record on education is dismal at best, can try to mend the consequences of a failed education system. Those potentially tempted by the prospect of crime should be given the opportunity and the training for the job market. With this new "Pax Americana" at hand, the country has the resources...