Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...helicopters and warplanes continues apace. There is no reason not to expect the Afghan people to cease to exist in a matter of just a few more years, after a few million more deaths. And the position of racial minorities within the boundaries of the Soviet Union shows no prospect of improvement either. Long-term Soviet domestic policy is also aimed at eradication, forcible if necessary, of identifiable subcultures...
...achievements have proved valuable to investors and corporate officers too. In bestowing the prize, the Nobel Committee cited a pathbreaking Modigliani study of the value of stocks. Written in 1958 with Merton Miller of the University of Chicago, the paper showed that investors look mainly at a firm's prospect for future profits when deciding what its shares may be worth. Those findings are now second nature to executives and securities analysts...
Butler, quite simply, is one of the finest Ivy League quarterbacks in a long time. He may be one of the best in the nation. "I've been in the NFL, and that guy is an NFL prospect," Columbia Coach Jim Garrett said after Butler dismantled a pathetic Lion secondary...
Then the hostage drama was suddenly, even suspiciously, over. Despite the strongest U.S. pleas to a close ally, it seemed that the killers were about to escape scot-free. All the anger and revulsion that Americans felt at that prospect were summed up by U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Nicholas Veliotes, who demanded that the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak "prosecute the sons of bitches...
...move by Volcker would, of course, leave open the powerful position of Federal Reserve chairman. The rumor mill is already putting forth candidates for the position. One is Secretary of State George Shultz, who has a strong economics background and served as Treasury Secretary under Nixon. Another prospect is Donald Regan, White House chief of staff and former Treasury Secretary. Washington speculation has it that First Mate Nancy Reagan wants the politically maladroit Regan out of the White House. The gossips have taken things from there and now have Regan headed for the Fed. Stay tuned...