Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandra Day O'Connor, 53. As the first female Supreme Court Justice, she is an obvious prospect because of her visibility. She has a solid record in Arizona electoral politics, but is unlikely to forsake the nation's highest bench for the G.O.P.'s No. 2 spot...
...Personally, I feel almost a squeamishness about getting into what could be a very ugly subject," Woodlief says. "The whole prospect of not reporting white backlash, the seamier side, has been not wanting to throw the first stone. It hasn't been there so far. I don't want to generate it, or even appear to be generating...
...that, there is one group of expert if not exactly impartial observers who are convinced that Mondale will win the nomination: Reagan's White House aides. It is not a prospect that displeases them, for most believe that Glenn would be more difficult to defeat because of his appeal to the all-important political center. "If Glenn is the candidate, Reagan won't have exclusive rights to motherhood and apple pie," says one Republican political consultant...
...everywhere. When God commanded the prophet Jonah to go to Nineveh and order the city to repent, Jonah found the prospect so daunting that he tried to run away. God found him and sent him back. (Nineveh repented.) After KAL 007, one suspects that today even He would hesitate before dispatching Jonah on a similar mission to Moscow. -By Charles Krauthammer
...shadow existence. Because key Latin American political scientists, Professors Terry Karl and Samuel Valenzuela, are on leave, we are faced with insufficient faculty coverage in Latin American studies. Those of us who choose to pursue these studies and write theses in this area are now left with the unacceptable prospect of having to work with Professor Dominguez, the only professor left in this field...