Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Facing the prospect of Presidential intervention in their labor dispute, the American Airlines pilots union softened its stand and offered to accept lower wages for flying smaller "regional jets." Even so, airline management rejected the offer, encouraged by reports that President Clinton is considering forcing pilots to stay on the job. Worried about the economic impact of losing 20 percent of the nation's airline capacity overnight, Clinton has asked for a detailed estimate of a strike's economic impact, but is so far dancing around whether he will step in before the midnight Friday deadline. A shutdown...
...wanted to show more flexibility early, on the theory that it might help soften up the opposition. A few days after the election Raines even went so far as to approach G.O.P. strategist Ken Duberstein and House Speaker Newt Gingrich with the idea of writing a budget together--a prospect the Republicans found laughable after fighting a bruising campaign over that very issue. "I don't think it was being naive," Raines contends. "I think it was setting a tone...
...seems primed for a big battle. "Sheraton would rather take over Hilton than be taken over by it," says Morris Lasky, ceo of Lodging Unlimited, a hotel-management and consulting firm. Lasky likened Hilton and ITT to "two titans that will go nose to nose." Just the prospect of such a fight sent ITT stock up a whopping $14.75 a share, to $58.50, the day Hilton launched its offer. (ITT shares closed Friday at $57.25, while Hilton stock ended at $28.50, up $2.75 for the week.) "The best thing for shareholders," Hanson says, "is that a deal doesn't happen...
...Boston Globe described his satirical yarn of a young African-American journalist (not unlike Farley) laboring for a national publication (not unlike USA Today, his previous employer) in Washington during the Gulf War. Now HBO has optioned My Favorite War for a made-for-cable movie, a prospect that can make even a veteran critic a bit starstruck. In Farley's dream cast, his part is played by Will Smith (Independence Day). "But with my luck," says Farley, "I'll get Dom DeLuise...
...security. The Lebanese government is neither capable nor willing to curb militias such as Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad or Amal. Likewise, Syria, whose military occupies much of Lebanon and pulls the strings of the Lebanese marionette government, has no interest in guaranteeing Israel's security. For Syria, the prospect of peace in Lebanon is a bargaining chip to be used in negotiations regarding the Golan Heights. Without the security zone, major cities in the north of Israel, such as Haifa and Safed, would be in range of rockets fired from Lebanon...