Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very excited. The prospect of a scavenger hunt for something other than an Easter egg struck my fancy. A hunt for a real live missing person. A manhunt, in fact. I'll find him, I told my mother. She was touched by the gesture, but a bit confused. I assured her it was just for the thrill of the hunt, and she felt better...
...complaint filed last March, Mary C. Wong, executive director of the Cambridge Kids' Council, says she was threatened with the prospect of an "intolerable" work life if she did not resign her post...
...Czeisler, the surgeon who disqualified Glenn, told the New York Times Wednesday. For two months, NASA endeavored to keep the news quiet -- ostensibly because it was a private medical matter. Evidently, it didn't fit the mold of a feisty American hero blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen waiting to hear "Godspeed, John Glenn" right on cue. But once again, reality seems to be reminding us that space flight is no simple ride into the sunset...
With negotiations stalled and the sides far apart on the main economic issues, the ruling clearly strengthened the owners' bargaining position by removing the prospect of them being forced to pay more than $700 million in salaries to the players they have barred from work...
...endeavor that demands sheer endurance, skill and intelligence, rowing pushes you to the limit of your physical and mental capabilities--and once you reach that limit, rowing confronts you with the terrifying prospect of having to determine whether you have the will to stand up to the challenge or just shrink away. Indeed, rowing will educate you in a more valuable way than anything in the classroom can. The moment You resolve to pick up an oar, there's no turning back: you are committed to the very...