Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some members of the crowd were more skeptical--not of Mandela's message, but of the prospect for change. "There's a lot of promises," said Malcolm, comparing Saturday's events to last spring's Earth Day celebration...
...despite Vest's proven administrative ability, most expect the job's inherent demands to preclude the prospect of smooth sailing...
...actuality, Dr. Bell has made the prospect of hiring non-white faculty more remote. With the above reputation, the Law School administration will be hard pressed to comply with Dr. Bell's demands. His publicity tactics have backfired. Few qualified Blacks, female or male, in their right mind would accept a position at an institution with such a tarnished hiring reputation, Harvard...
...prospect of his downfall set off a fresh round of amazement among Trump watchers, who only four months ago had savored the melodrama of his separation from his wife Ivana and his affair with the model Marla Maples. The distress of Donald, the biggest self-promoter of the past decade, was too poetic to resist. TRUMP IN A SLUMP declared the New York Daily News. UH-OWE! said the city's Post, which dubbed Trump's new casino "the eighth blunder of the world...
...electricity generated at past superpower summits by the prospect of mortal enemies edging toward peace was blessedly missing. This time the meetings were between two world leaders whose nations are fully at peace but have conflicting interests and needs. The grand gesture was replaced by haggling over money and politics...