Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sunday morning, pointing to a U.S. map with little black dots denoting likely Soviet targets-concentrated, of course, on the Northern Atlantic seaboard-the speaker seemed as confident about the prospect of a nuclear holocaust as other preachers are about the Second Coming. "Our government is arming and preparing for nuclear war," said Gene Lagque, retired rear admiral, adding that military men operate on the premise that war will come...
...second tenth place finish in a row puts pressure on them to perform or face the prospect of a Division II season next year. Most importantly, the squad must find some strength in the nordic events...
...looked at Carter and thought, "The guy has come of age." Another recalled studying the President and musing, "My God, it is true, we cannot ignore the prospect of war." We have not exactly ignored it through the past 35 years. But the idea of a big war has receded in the past decade. Few seem to recall that during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, many Americans stocked food in their basements and believed a nuclear exchange possible. John Kennedy in 1961 wept at the prospect of a nuclear confrontation, which he considered likely if the Soviets pressed their...
...teachers took their action only after enduring four delayed paydays, including a payless Christmas recess. Joan Morgan, 35, a first-grade teacher, put it succinctly: "I'm not going back until they pay me all my money." Early in the week that prospect seemed dim. On a local television show, the mayor, the president of the school board, the city's top financial adviser, the head of the teachers' union and a key city councilman-all of whom must cooperate to lead the school system out of financial chaos-engaged in a shouting match punctuated with name...
...Labor Party has been continuously torn by an internal struggle for power between its left wing and a moderate-to-right contingent headed by former Prime Minister James Callaghan. Last week Labor's left won another round in the skirmish, but in so doing raised anew the prospect of a permanent split in the party, which could come as early as the annual conference at Blackpool next fall...