Word: prospect
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...like to say we hate lawyers, that they pickle and fillet and jelly common sense until we're all flummoxed. For a while now, and particularly in the past few weeks, it has become fashionable to say that politics has been lawyered to death, that we face the cheerless prospect of election-by-lawsuit forever...
...reelection unless he has a peace agreement with the Palestinians on which to base his campaign. The continuing violence, which showed signs of escalating last Friday in a day of clashes that killed seven Palestinians and three Israelis across the West Bank, renders extremely unlikely the prospect of a peace deal before election day. Instead, Barak will likely seek to underline his credentials as a military man who can maintain the tough posture Israeli voters desire even as he seeks a peace agreement. Voters have shown growing concern over the fact that their vaunted security forces appear to have been...
After being frustrated by a young prospect and tenacious special teams, Brown must be happy it does not face the Harvard men's hockey team again this season...
Constitutional crisis in Florida. Oh, the hand wringing at the prospect of the Florida legislature challenging the state supreme court's decision in Gore vs. Bush. Constitutional crisis? Why not? It's about time...
...NONRECALCITRANT TOASTER: Somebody soon is bound to smash the worldwide small-household-appliance cartel's plot to foist $50 toasters built with 10[cent] engineering on a groggy breakfast-time America. The prospect of a toaster that quickly pops up perfect golden-brown slices every time is to be dreaded. Will the toaster swallow the slice, then hold it in its stubborn grip until it's a hunk of smoking charcoal? How many times in a row will you have to insert a slice, only to see it instantly pop back up again? Set the dial to WELL DONE...