Word: prospectively
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...That’s not to say that I wish upon Mississippians the prospect of having to search for new insurance policies or else go uninsured. Nor am I praising insurers’ means of maintaining high profit margins or arguing for any change in the practice of regulating insurance...
...Officials for the Ministry of Culture, which would be responsible for classifying films under the proposed law, say they have the industry's support, and point to the ministry's success in introducing a similar system for Thai television channels. But many film directors are actually aghast at the prospect of more government interference. Far from overhauling an outdated law, they say, Thailand's cultural guardians are finding new ways to suppress controversial films. Opponents also claim that the criteria for classification are intentionally vague. One sweeping clause in the draft legislation states that films should not "undermine social order...
...polls put the party a few points ahead of the opposition Civic Platform (PO), suggesting that it will again be charged with forming a governing coalition, with Jaroslaw Kaczynski in a prominent position; his brother's term as President does not expire until 2010. That may be a sobering prospect for Poland's E.U. partners, but the Kaczynskis don't answer to them at the polls. Speaking to reporters in Paris this week, Lech Kaczynski said: "Certain things that are very much in vogue elsewhere in Europe just aren't acceptable to the majority of Poles." And, he might have...
...prospect of eternal damnation is not the army's only problem. It is crippled by low recruitment and high desertion rates. Money is scarce, even for the regime's enforcers. I saw many troops carrying only rusting rifles. The soldier who killed Nagai was wearing flip-flops...
...pipe dream of agricultural self-sufficiency--with a dearth of arable land, the country is literally dirt poor--and invest in labor-intensive manufacturing. But rebuilding the country's roads and ports and installing a reliable electrical grid would take billions of dollars in international loans--hardly a bright prospect given the country's history of defaulting on its obligations...