Word: prospect
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...researchers expect to be able to produce a genetic "fingerprint" of an individual's potential future health that will enable doctors to wage pre-emptive battle. Already, testing before any symptoms appear makes possible the early treatment of some breast and colon cancers. Further down the line is the prospect of gene therapy, in which modified genes are introduced into existing cells to prevent or cure numerous diseases...
...much of Asia will be catching its breath. How bad is that? At the outside, economists warn that the crimp on good times might lead to a worldwide capital crunch and a massive stock-market slide. But that is seen as a remote prospect...
...Clinton, the mere prospect of an investigation means a serious deepening of his permanent state of legal siege. If Reno eventually calls for an independent counsel, this one would be the first to investigate Clinton himself, not just a member of his Cabinet or a wide-ranging mess like Whitewater that may or may not center on him. And unlike the Whitewater probe, with its endless sifting of a land deal that started in the days of sideburns and bell-bottoms, this one would be investigating actions that Clinton undertook while President...
...increasingly frustrated Kodak investors, the setbacks brought the need for a course correction into painfully sharp focus. Declaring that "we can't live with a continuing deterioration of our profits," Fisher vowed to embark later this year on cost cuts that he had hoped to spare the company. The prospect must have sent chills through the ranks of Kodak's 94,800 workers--including 34,000 in the company town of Rochester, N.Y., which has already weathered past layoffs. "Earlier in the year we thought we could wait out the price situation and the dollar," Fisher says...
When it was unveiled in 1992, Sony's MiniDisc seemed poised to top Betamax as its most ill-starred innovation. To American audiophiles making a costly transition from vinyl to CD, the MiniDisc posed the unwelcome prospect of another shift in music formats. Sales, not surprisingly to everyone but Sony, disappointed...