Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Informed that his resignation had been accepted, General Glassford remarked: "I guess I'll go out and play some golf." He also welcomed the prospect of having more time for his other hobby: painting murals...
...Catskill, N. Y., in the 1840's lived a maker of invalid chairs who called himself General John C. Johnston. Soon after Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York was organized he got a job with it, placed his chair near the office door, never let a prospect by. In 1857 he gathered together the 36 trustees required to start a life insurance company in Wisconsin. By the time he had collected the $200,000 needed to begin operations the trustees had decided they could do better without him. They gave him $700 for his work...
...demand and it is likely that Pescosolido and Locke will play a great part of the game. A long defense staged by the Junior Varsity displayed that the first line was practically invulnerable to the Dartmouth plays. Fortified by yesterday's intensive drill, and encouraged by the prospect of a vigorous battle which will test the Crimson's strength, for the first time, the whole squad will go on the field fully prepared to take the Indian's scalps...
...threatened in messages I have received from my former husband with the prospect of never seeing my boy again. I hope public opinion may help preserve for me the rights I claim as a mother who has been treated with cruel heartlessness and whose patience has come...
...returned are from those who could ordinarily be expected to vote Republican. They have come more from the business and professional class than from wage earners, inasmuch as ballots are mailed only to those who have automobiles or telephones registered under their names, Consequently a Democratic landslide is in prospect...