Word: prospecting
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...prosecutors and judges to Kosovo. Their goal, in essence, is to establish the rule of law in Kosovo so that the 15,000 NATO peacekeepers currently deployed there can go home. The E.U. must also keep an angry and frustrated Serbia on the path toward European membership, because that prospect is just about its only inducement to good behavior toward its new neighbor...
...banker told TIME that a byproduct of a recession is that people charge more and don't pay it off, increasing their balances. Another is that it gives a bank that is ready for recession the opportunity to win share from the unprepared. Those might offset whatever pain the prospect of more regulation will bring...
...while it rewired its electronics business, Philips expanded in health care and lighting. The gradual switch to greener lighting and the rising sums being spent on health care for aging populations offered Philips the prospect of steadier growth. Flush with cash from selling unwanted units, Philips has splashed more than $7 billion on lighting and health-care companies, from Genlyte, a U.S. commercial lighting-fixtures firm it bought in November for $2.7 billion--the biggest buy it ever completed--to Lifeline, a Massachusetts-based provider of home medical-alert systems...
Another challenge that Harvard students aspiring to break into entertainment face is the prospect of having to start from scratch. The lifestyle of an alum in their first years generally pales in comparison to the expectations that often become attached to a Harvard degree...
Diamond lovers may benefit from liquidation sales at Alpha Omega Jewelers, but for some Cambridge natives, the prospect of cheap jewelry doesn’t dispel concerns about the effects that the store’s bankruptcy—and likely disappearance—will have on the character of Harvard Square...