Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George Bush, 55, prompted many of his followers to wonder whether he could ever make a comeback. The most reliable public polls on the eve of the New Hampshire primary rated him no more than neck and neck with the onrushing Bush. Even veteran Republican politicians shrugged off any prospect of a major Reagan victory. "If that happens," said Gordon Nelson, G.O.P. chairman in neighboring Massachusetts, "I'm the Easter bunny...
...indicted for second-degree grand theft. They plan to plead not guilty. If convicted, they face maximum penalties of five years in prison and $10,000 fines. Jones, who had hitherto received high marks from the school board, and Barnes, an educator for twelve years, may also face the prospect of careers go ing down the drain...
Informer Weinberg, however, held out a bigger prospect. He named two associates who, he claimed, had arranged shady deals with the mayor of Camden...
Some observers also believe that the Carter policy slides too lightly over the prospect of internal subversion, which is the most likely way the Soviets would try to extend their influence. The risks in the new policy are many, to be sure. Symbolic gestures-such as declaring the Persian Gulf an area of vital American interest-are fine, but only if backed by the real thing. So far the Administration has not defined precisely what it will do, except to state that it would go to war to defend the Gulf. The U.S. may be assuming responsibilities it cannot meet...
...last seven years." His astronomical address, 14067½-C Oak Valley Road, mocks the idea of a coherent community. His job as a checker in a nearby supermarket by the freeway leads nowhere, and neither, as far as he can tell, does his life. One night, appalled at the prospect of another TV dinner and more wasted hours sitting in front of the tube, he runs blindly away and somehow finds himself in a verdant spot, drinking water from a storybook stream...