Word: prospect
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...Clearly," says U.S. Ambassador William Swing, who was a junior diplomat in South Africa in the mid-1960s, "there has not been a time in my association with this country that the prospects for a settlement along just lines have been as favorable." Yet Pretoria is notorious for its habit of taking two steps backward for every step forward. De Klerk is urging against unrealistic hopes. But if he fails to fulfill at least some of the expectations, he will risk a powerful backlash that could wreck any prospect for progress in the near future...
DURING my first year at college, Radcliffe meant brunches, holiday receptions and a minor commitment to the undergraduate women's community. When Matina S. Horner resigned her position and Radcliffe began looking for a new president, I was excited about the prospect of a more effective Radcliffe...
...nation's 100,000 schools contain asbestos in a potentially dangerous condition. While the cost of removing it could reach hundreds of billions of dollars over the next few decades, failure to do so would expose millions of children and other citizens to the prospect of an early, painful death...
Many of Jackson's supporters would be delighted to see him run for mayor for this reason. But the people most excited about the prospect of Mayor Jackson are Democrats who want to get rid of Jackson...
...single, capitalist Germany. The East Berlin I visited last month was a gray city whose citizens seemed to be reeling, exhausted, sad, confused, angry. Hopeful, yes, of rebuilding a noncommunist socialist democracy, separate from the West but in some way affiliated. Wary of capitalism and worried about any prospect suggesting reunification...