Word: prospectively
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...render it less threatening to the white conservatives who have fled to the G.O.P. One way to do that, says Nunn, is to adopt centrist programs that "don't appear to give away the store," a shift that could only succeed with Jackson's concurrence -- as unlikely a prospect as the actual eclipsing of Jackson himself. The Governor of New York champions another idea for dealing with Jackson. "We have to start treating Jesse like everyone else," says Mario Cuomo. "No more condescension. No more double standards. Give him the dignity he demands -- and all the scrutiny we demand...
...Soviet regime has generated increasing hope (and hype) about reduction in military forces and superpower tension. Gorbachev offered new, "unilateral" troop and hardware cuts during his visit this week. In a century rife with devastating wars, the world's euphoria at the prospect of peace, even watchful peace, is not surprising. Armed conflict--preparing for it, waging it, and recovering from it--has been our chief preoccupation for a long time...
Concerning the prospect for negotiations with Iran, he said, "There are conditions that have to be met also there. Anytime that they are ready to come forward on an open basis, we would be ready to talk to them...
...other foster parents look to Denise, who is the sickest child, and Tina, who is the oldest, and see possible futures for their children. A troubling prospect, either way, and this is the remarkable thing: they risk loving other people's children in the foreknowledge that they may see them...
...Councillor Alice K. Wolf also asked whether the plan might force the city to buy extra water from the state during a shortage--a prospect Healy dismissed as unlikely...