Word: prospectively
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...many of the issues of the women's movement, from housework to abortion, were so basic to so much received wisdom that they seemed, by prospect or in perspective, either trivial or threatening. "Attention was finally being paid," Joan Didion wrote in a 1972 essay, "yet that attention was mired in the trivial. Even the brightest movement women found themselves engaged in sullen public colloquies about the inequities of dishwashing and the intolerable humiliations of being observed by construction workers on Sixth Avenue. ... It was a long way from Simone de Beauvoir's grave and awesome recognition of woman...
There was almost a palpable sense of relief at the White House over the prospect of Haig's departure and Shultz's arrival. Some aides actually celebrated on Friday evening. Whether the new Secretary of State will actually direct a fundamental shift in foreign policy remains to be seen. Institutional restraints and Shultz's own need to familiarize himself with both his assignment and new colleagues will probably prevent him from having a noticeable impact in the weeks ahead, even if he comes to Foggy Bottom with a mandate from Reagan and a clear set of objectives...
...Wall Street, the prospect of unchecked federal spending pushed short-term interest rates back up to early spring levels of 13% to 14%. This week the Treasury is slated to bring another $17 billion worth of bills, notes and bonds to market, and many finance men expect the sale to push interest rates toward record highs...
After the events of the past weeks, one thing at least is clear: the prospect of banning weapons has no casual connection with the prospect of banning wars. If anyone comes away from the two recent conflicts infused with optimism, it will be the arms salesmen, who do not deal in words. Several of their markets are now dangerously depleted. To the victors, meanwhile, belong the spoils: body counts, colossal costs and some temporary improvement in their fortunes. To the rest, a feeling of helpless stupidity tied earnestly, as ever, to figments of hope. ?By Roger Rosenblatt
Virtually everyone shared an acute concern about the prospect of nuclear war. An overwhelming majority favored an immediate U.S.-Soviet freeze on the development of nuclear arms. But beyond those points of agreement, the consensus was shaky. Some groups urged continued public education about the dangers of nuclear arms, but proposed no particular political action. At the other extreme, a few argued blithely for unilateral U.S. disarmament. Thronging along, too, were dozens of divergent factions seeking to hitch a ride on the antinuclear bandwagon to promote just about everything from Government day care funding to African development...