Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this prospect alarms Harvard administratorsto such a degree that the university's toplobbyist, Kevin A. Casey, has followed theday-to-day progress of ACCRA as it meanderedthrough congressional subcommittees and plans todo the same next year...
...inevitable result is a conventional arms race. The three new members are going to spend huge amounts on modernizing their militaries--a prospect that pleases U.S. weapons dealers and Congress. To get in on an expected arms-sales bonanza, the Senate last week voted down an amendment that would have capped U.S. subsidies for such weapons purchases. Hungary, for example, intends to spend almost $1 billion on new jet fighters. Can Poland be far behind? These countries don't need top-of-the-line warplanes and tanks, but the hardware is part of a plan to achieve "interoperability" with...
...worried about your investments because interest rates seem to be moving higher, get over it. Ordinarily, the prospect is worth fretting about. Rising rates can take the steam out of corporate profits, the stock market and the whole economy. But the rate jitters that surfaced last week are actually good news. They represent just the latest swing in a highly emotional market that for three years has thrived on alternating fears about which way the economy would grow: too fast or too slow. As long as the pendulum doesn't swing too far in one direction, your nest...
Past Inman Square and past Prospect Street, theproliferation of Portuguese restaurants andmarkets is stunning. One section of Cambridge St.is all fish and poultry markets...
Fleiszer emerged as a valuable prospect during Harvard's 9-1 season--the school's first-ever 7-0 Ivy campaign. He was honored as a First Team All-Ivy selection for his 33 tackle and five sack performance...