Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wood '33 is counted on to give Harvard five points in the 220. With Stinson and Grandy practically assured of firsts for Penn in the 50 and dive respectively, and with little prospect of Crimson victories in some of the other events, the task of outdistancing Stinson in the 100 is likely also to fall to the Harvard leader...
Twenty-five men were named by Coach Farrell yesterday to represent Harvard in the I.C.4A track and field meet on Saturday. The problem of deciding who is to make the trip was difficult since the H. A. A. is limiting the number of representatives and no possible point-scoring prospect for the Crimson could be overlooked...
Lawyers, it is true, have proved extremely chary of disbarring their fellows and it is probable that they have failed to oust from the profession many men whose practices have been far from impeccable. The prospect of quelling the shyster lawyer is attractive. That possibility, however, cannot balance the danger of giving individual judges, inevitably fallible, unchecked control over the liberty of all members of the bar in their district...
Generally speaking members of the expedition believe that the tropics can never be made more than comparatively liveable for the white man and see no prospect of his becoming adapted to life in the hot regions. The expedition's report in regard to Onchocerciasis written at Moca, Guatemala, states that "Public health procedure should include inspection of the inhabitants in the endemic districts and the diagnosis of the cases with filarial tumors with prompt removal of the fibroid growths. The operations are simple and easily performed under local novocaine anesthesia. In case of an individual refusing to be operated upon...
...Kimberley. On the heels of the first announcement came news that the government had contracted with I. W. Schlesinger to operate this factory and other smaller ones. Price charged by I. W. Schlesinger was permission to work diamonds in his extensive holdings in Namaqualand. Before the syndicate was the prospect of direct competition which would defeat its efforts to keep the diamond prices up, might force it into a price-cutting war that would permit many an O'Grady to buy a stickpin and look like a cinemagnate...