Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...impossible to say how, if in any way, Mr. Kellogg's foreign policy will differ from Mr. Hughes.' The President announced that there was no prospect of a change in policy. It was suggested that Mr. Kellogg's appointment is but temporary. This suggestion was made largely because of a general impression that Mr. Kellogg is not very able, that he is an indecisive, worrying, nervous little man, a capable lawyer but without much driving force. Mark Sullivan, one of the aldest of political observers, was inclined to discount this impression of the Secretary of State...
...well-known maxim in the publishing world that to suppress a book is to make it popular. It is much the same with a political speech. A fortnight ago, Senator Bruce, Maryland Democrat, made a speech in the Senate attacking the prospect of Government operation of Muscle Shoals because it would be an infringement of state rights, attacking the Democratic Party for cooperating with Republican insurgents in such a scheme (TIME, Jan. 12). Senator Bruce was in turn attacked by his Democratic colleagues. He held his ground and his speech is likely soon to be forgotten. Not so a speech...
...with Christianity, but in the way with which men practice it. Ideally, Justice Clark's dilemma is a true one; practically, it is not. Instead of merely pleading for religion, therefore, he must urge a moral regeneration of mankind, a true use of the precepts of Christianity. The prospect of peace is made all the more gloomy because in the present very materialistic civilization the practice of brotherly love scarcely extends beyond the home circle, let along transcends national boundaries. To pound home the very sordid conclusion that another war will forever wreck American prosperity and the European hope...
...distant, as Gray would say, prospect of eating...
Thus far, however, the excesses of speculation seen during War and post-War years seem to have been avoided. Improving industrial conditions and the prospect of economic tax revision, along with easy money, are thus far the prime motives of the continuing "bull market." But the test of its soundness should soon be seen in increased earnings...