Word: prospect
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...most important advantage Iran hopes to gain is the opportunity to emerge as an influence broker in the postwar gulf. Until now, Tehran has been on the sidelines, frustrated at the prospect of being excluded from the horse trading that will take place after the war. Rafsanjani's immediate goal is to head off any possible moves by coalition members, particularly Turkey and Syria, to carve up Iraq after it is defeated. Iran fears that Turkey may claim Iraqi Kurdistan and its oil-rich areas of Mosul and Kirkuk, once part of the Ottoman empire, and that Syria may attempt...
...proportionality issue has also sparked concern at the Vatican. La Civilta Cattolica, a Jesuit fortnightly in Rome that usually reflects Vatican thinking, has declared that the extent of damage wrought by both conventional and nuclear weaponry all but ends the prospect that any war could be deemed just. The Vatican's doctrinal overseer, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, took the same viewpoint in a radio interview after the bombing of Iraq began, but Pope John Paul II has not gone that...
...restore investor confidence. By week's end the austral had been stabilized -- at a value of roughly 36% less against the dollar than a week earlier -- and investment funds rose 40%. But inflation remains such an endemic problem for the economies of both Argentina and Brazil that the prospect of last week's actions leading to real progress remained doubtful at best...
...assuming Saddam's death would stop the Iraqi war machine cold, it would mean one life in exchange for the thousands, or tens of thousands, who might die if the battle continued. British Prime Minister John Major spoke for many people around the world when, alluding to the prospect of Saddam's murder, he said, "I for one will not weep...
...their sorrow and horror at the nightly accounts of devastation, many Arab Americans are searching for any sign of hope. Few see much prospect for stability or democracy taking root in the Middle East anytime soon. But at the very least, they hope that the war will raise consciousness. "For the first time Americans are having to take a look at what is going on in the Middle East," says Murad, "and I hope a lot of myths will be dispelled." As the battle goes on, however, it is sure to seem like a high price to pay for enlightenment...