Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...telephone titan, AT&T, was blessed last week with the prospect of a regulatory windfall. The Federal Communications Commission proposed scrapping the system of controlling AT&T's profit margins, which the agency has done for more than two decades as a means of limiting long-distance prices. Instead, the FCC aims to protect consumers by another method: setting price caps, which would freeze long-distance rates at current levels but could adjust them upward to account for inflation and other factors. AT&T rejoiced at the decision, which Wall Street analysts say could allow the company's profits...
...sides for a sincere diplomatic push: the Administration knew it could have trouble winning more contra aid; Congress was looking for ways to avoid a bruising clash; the rebels appeared to be making little headway on the battlefield; and the Sandinistas were experiencing severe economic problems and the prospect of waning Soviet support...
...been homosexual men, the rate of new infection among gays has declined. At the same time, the rate among blacks and Hispanics, particularly those who are intravenous drug users, is rising alarmingly. Medical experts warn that unless urgent actions are taken, AIDS may become a predominantly minority disease. That prospect is frightening not only to health officials but also to civil rights advocates, who fear a backlash of racism...
...after finishing her speech to the National Organization for Women in Philadelphia, Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, 47, had collected checks and pledges totaling $351,344, a sum that could make her eligible for federal matching funds if she decides to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Already, the mere prospect that she will join the race has galvanized women's groups and activists who have grown impatient with the timid stances on feminist issues staked out by Schroeder's male competitors. Insists Betty Friedan, who was among the first to urge Schroeder to run: "This is a much needed...
...could successful internal changes end up making the Soviets more, rather than less, aggressive -- and eventually more effective in pursuing their global ambitions? "I don't see why we should welcome the prospect of an equally dangerous, equally malicious, equally aggressive Soviet Union with the only difference being that it will have a more efficient economy," says Richard Perle, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense. Henry Kissinger, who believes that the Soviet attempts at reform are sincere, captures the dilemma nicely: "There are two dangers for the U.S. in this program: first, that it may fail; second, that...