Word: prospectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...UNDERGRADUATE 350th celebration of Harvard has, unfortunately, left many undergraduates insulted rather than inspired. The majority, frightened by the prospect of Dean Epps choosing his favored undergraduates to attend exclusive events, has condemned the proposed commemoration as an affirmation of Harvard's worst traditions...
...seemingly endless war between the Marxist-Leninist government, led since 1979 by Jose Eduardo dos Santos, and the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (unita), headed by Jonas Savimbi and supported by South Africa and the U.S. After a decade the fighting drags on, with no prospect of victory on either side. TIME's Nairobi bureau chief, James Wilde, recently spent 15 days crisscrossing Angola. His journey took him from the U.S.-operated oil installations in the northern enclave of Cabinda to the capital, Luanda, where he was admitted to the presidential palace three times. His report...
...verdict is expected before next March, a daunting prospect for the two judges, six jurors, two prosecutors and 60-some lawyers working to bring the case to a close. The trial's duration may mean losing some of the minor defendants as their maximum pretrial detention period expires. Perhaps presaging limited results for Palermo, a Mob appeals trial in Naples ended last week with directed acquittals for 114 of 191 defendants...
...People's grounded subsidiary, Frontier Airlines, for $176 million. The complex deals, which come in the wake of several other big airline mergers, could mark a turning point for the low-fare carriers and indeed for the entire industry. The swift consolidation in the skies also raises the prospect of reduced choices and higher prices for consumers...
...thunder was not confined to the right. In Congress, liberal Democratic Senators Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and George Mitchell of Maine insisted that no prospect of a summit deal is worth Daniloff's continued detention. Ironically, that is exactly the way Reagan used to talk as a candidate and in the early days of his presidency. Now, however, he is running not for election but for the history books. He wants to be remembered as the tough realist who negotiated the most favorable arms-control bargain the U.S. ever won from the Soviets. He has been encouraged in this...