Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first fighter-bombers lost to enemy fire since the U.S. stopped raids in Viet Nam. That raised the chilling prospect of U.S. air strikes' killing some of the almost 6,000 Soviet technicians who are manning Syrian ground-to-air missile sites. But both superpowers are sharply aware of the peril and are conducting quiet ambassadorial exchanges on how to avoid such consequences...
...fear the worst. Declares former CIA Director Richard Helms: "It would be surprising if a wave of terrorism didn't hit the U.S." New York Senator Daniel Moynihan, who sits on the Intelligence Committee, was even more alarmist at a New York conference on terrorism last week: "The prospect of 1984 being the year they bring the war to our shores is real. We should assume it and not be surprised...
Imagine some intrepid young director mounting a revved-up revival of Samuel Beckett's classic, with the scrofulous Krapp wheezing his memoirs onto videotape. It is a daunting prospect, but not perhaps (discounting the good taste of the author's literary agents) an entirely unlikely one. Video has already reached the stage, in Beatlemania for example, but it is practically inundating Hollywood...
...theatrical old guard how to be young, hip and acerbic without forfeiting involvement in affairs of the heart. Isn't It Romantic examines the lives of two old college chums-Janie Blumberg (Cristine Rose) and Hattie Cornwall (Lisa Banes)-as they approach their 30s and the dangerous prospect of a life without either Mamma or mate...
Among the things to be festive about this holiday season are the wines that accompany it. Not for decades have so many been priced so affordably, and the prospect is that both imported and domestic vintages will stay that way for some time to come. The good news is echoed in retailers' ads across the U.S. "The most dramatic wine sale in Burka's history!" trumpets a Washington, D.C., wine store. "French champagnes below wholesale!" announces Manhattan's Sherry-Lehmann, whose bargains include a Maxim's Blanc de Blancs '73 Brut reduced from...