Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is a cliche that anything can happen in the Beanpot. True or not, the cliche is a source of solace for McKinney, who faces the unsettling prospect of getting blown out by a superior Eagles squad...
...same young men who look upon past resisters as either hippie criminals or courageous disobedients are faced with the prospect of making those same decisions for themselves...
...prospect that Saddam's sympathizers might strike in the U.S. has federal law-enforcement agencies scrambling. Last week the government ordered stepped- up security at airports and told nuclear plants to be on guard. Federal agents are photographing and fingerprinting everyone entering the U.S. on Iraqi or Kuwaiti passports. Thousands of the Kuwaiti documents were confiscated by Iraqi occupation forces after the Aug. 2 invasion...
...expects to report a loss of up to $400 million for the fourth quarter of 1990, and neighboring behemoths Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank. While such firms seem unlikely to fail, they could wind up as merger partners with other big banking companies. Experts are particularly gloomy about the prospect for banks in New England. According to Gerard Cassidy, who follows the industry for the investment firm Tucker, Anthony, as many as 24 of the region's medium-size banks with assets of as much as $2 billion each could fail in 1991. Also under pressure is MNC Financial...
...Guatemala's presidential elections. As Serrano's comments underlined, religious issues had played a significant role in the campaign. Serrano is a Protestant who, in a predominantly Roman Catholic country, converted from Catholicism to fervent Pentecostalism at age 28. Backers of his Catholic opponent made open appeals against the prospect of a Protestant President. Serrano promised he would not use presidential powers to favor his faith, and his impressive 68% win indicated that the electorate believed...