Word: prospectively
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When Oliver North, Robert McFarlane and John Poindexter appeared on Capitol Hill, the prospect of indictments loomed over them. Even before Poindexter testified last week, his lawyer announced that the rear admiral was already the target of a criminal investigation. If any of the central figures are in fact indicted, what charges are they likely to face...
...another prospect concerns investigators: that the Green River Killer may emerge from his hibernation and provide fresh clues in the form of fresh victims...
...times his current salary (reportedly $160,000 a year) to bring Apostrophes to one of France's new privately owned television networks, but he decided to stay with Antenne 2. However, he says, "I would be perfectly happy to see other shows like mine." It is not a likely prospect. "We had thought of starting a literary show," says Herve Bourges, former head of TF1. "We never did. We didn't think we would ever be able to do a better job than Pivot...
...government of the Philippines wants to pursue--and achieve--a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program worthy of the name. But with a Congress not predisposed to favor such a policy, and a president commited to the policy in theory but incapable of effecting its realization in practice, the prospect of such a necessary agrarian reform program coming to fruition seems remote...
Some experts are dismayed by the prospect that local zoning boards may now act with excessive caution. "I think communities must be free to plan and take chances," says Curtis Berger, a Columbia University law professor. "They ought not to be forced to plan at their peril." Worries Jim Williams of the Washington State Association of Counties: "Right now we've got a small tiger by the tail, and we don't know how big it's going...