Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...significance of the international spectacle goes beyond money and real estate--it has to do with Atlanta's identity and self-esteem. For a city known primarily for peach trees and Scarlett O'Hara, the prospect of being placed alongside Rome, Berlin, Stockholm and Tokyo is dizzying...
...makings of a tabloid-headline writer's dream. But the journalistic juices were not flowing as usual at the New York Post last week, as the gossipy newspaper itself became one of the biggest stories in town. The Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, faced the imminent prospect of closing unless unions coughed up some $19 million in wage and benefit concessions to satisfy the deadline demands of its owner, real estate developer Peter Kalikow. After marathon bargaining, a tentative settlement kept the tabloid alive -- for the time being. "We're optimistic," said Kalikow. "But if the climate gets...
...Mathers believes, land governs almost everything else. "You work with the land," he says. "You can't work against it." The big sky does not intimidate him; it entices him. Mathers is undaunted by solitude or the prospect of tiny clusters of civilization tied by the endless reaches of shortgrass in the 10 states between the Rockies and the 98th meridian. The Great Plains form one-fifth of the land mass of the lower 48 states -- and an even greater portion of the nation's legend and romance. Sitting Bull warred and wept on the plains. General George Custer wandered...
...next question was how to pay for them. Though the Governor promised to help the city find ways to come up with the estimated $340 million it will cost to add 5,000 recruits, he offered no money up front. That confronted ) Dinkins with the prospect of proposing more taxes and service cuts just two months after winning the city council's approval for a record $800 million in new local taxes. As one step, he promised to consider a proposal by city council speaker Peter Vallone for a 25 cents surcharge on lottery tickets...
...hours, all stuffed into one week, The Civil War may be a daunting prospect for viewers, especially since the first episode is a bit slow revving up. But the momentum builds. One could hardly imagine a more comprehensive or artfully crafted TV survey of the war. The series deals with social and political ramifications as well as battlefield tactics; the lives of common soldiers along with great generals. There are segments on food and drink at the front lines, the participation of blacks in the Union Army, the role of women and the use of spies. The series...