Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...primary explanation for the vote is one most often heard in cases like Skocpol's--she simply hadn't proven herself worthy, by Harvard standards, of tenure here. Although Skocpol looks like a "hot prospect" now, worried departmental administrators are not willing to bet on what she will do in coming decades. They want more proven--and inevitably older--scholars instead...
...Mariel. Altogether, 125,262 Cuban men, women and children fled to the U.S. during the boatlift. Most of them quickly began new lives with the help of relatives already in the U.S. and private sponsors. The remainder are chiefly young men with little English or job skills-and little prospect for leaving Fort Chaffee any time soon. Said Art Brill, an official of the State Department's Cuban-Haitian Task Force: "They are beyond the cuddly age, so to speak...
...enemy capital of Baghdad. Beneath the orange fireballs and black smoke gushing from bombarded storage tanks, the oil refining and shipping facilities of both countries suffered such severe damage that years of reconstruction, and billions of dollars, might be required to restore them. Through it all, with no realistic prospect for a cessation of hostilities in sight, the conflict showed signs of turning into a prolonged, possibly no-win war of attrition...
...Iran two weeks ago, the other Arab states were rooting for an Iraqi victory, almost like so many partisan soccer fans. Once again Arab legions were marching off to war, this time not against Israel but against the Persians, who, though Muslims, are ancient foes of the Arabs. The prospect of a quick and decisive victory seemed at hand, and happy Arab throngs gathered at bazaars, coffee houses and street corners to listen to radio reports of Iraqi triumphs and cheer on their Arab brothers...
...inflation and slow growth have become an intertwined dilemma for the world's economies. With the renewed prospect of rising oil prices, it is more imperative than ever for the nations of the industrial and developing worlds to shake free of their dependence on high-priced oil. -By Christopher Byron. Reported by William Blaylock/Washington and Bruce Van Voorst/Brussels