Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lonely dry-land plains of Foard County in north Texas, Jackie Walker, 46, raised wheat and cotton on 1,300 acres. He lost $60,000 in 1980 and 1981 and, with the prospect of more losses this year, decided to "get out while the getting out was good." Says Walker: "It's heartbreaking to see about ten years' work go down the drain for nothing...
Reagan and Congress have been forced to consider the proposal seriously as an alternative to a far more frightening prospect: a constitutional convention called to pass a balanced-budget amendment, which could turn into a runaway meeting that might attempt to rewrite basic provisions of the Constitution. Congress is required to call such a convention when petitioned by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states; so far, 31 of the necessary 34 states have done so. Never before in U.S. history has there been such a convention, and there would be no legal way to prevent it from reconsidering...
...souped-up roller coaster that cruises at fearsome speeds. "The World's Fair is going to be a staggering success," promises Knoxville City Planner Lee Kribbs. Not everyone is euphoric. At least 1,000 tenants have been forced out of their apartments by landlords giddy at the prospect of renting $200-a-month apartments to out-of-towners for $600 a week. In response to the evictions, the city set up a World's Fair Housing Board to mediate tenant-landlord disputes. Warns Lawyer John Austin: "Some landlords still haven't got the message. We will...
...other on a prime stretch of riverfront in Queens. (He will lease the News's offices from the Tribune Co.) In exchange, Allbritton will become responsible for the operating losses of the paper and for pensions and severance for all employees who remain. He also faces the prospect of replacing $60 million worth of obsolete equipment...
...last few years, Harvard's notable dearth of women and minority Faculty members has prompted strong criticism from University groups and at least one federal review of Harvard's hiring practices. And with the prospect of slackening federal enforcement of affirmative action regulations, some in the University community have warned that Harvard may soon abandon efforts to hire more women and minority scholars...