Word: prospectively
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...prospect of an Ortega victory has Washington alarmed - especially after the Reagan Administration had worked so obsessively in the 1980s to topple the Sandinistas, and because the Bush Administration had urged Aleman's prosecution as part of a wider crackdown on corruption in Latin America. Ortega is also a friend of Bush's hemispheric archfoes, Cuba's communist leader Fidel Castro and Venezuela's radical leftist President Hugo Chavez. The Bush Administration, in fact, has warned that if Ortega wins it may cut U.S. aid to Nicaragua...
...futures in mind as they prepare to enter government professionally, many members of HRC and the Harvard Dems are simply embracing the excitement of this election and acting on the urgency of the moment. Helgen, for instance, the no-nonsense campaign director for the Dems, remains ambivalent about the prospect of taking the political route herself after graduation. “I don’t do this for my future,” she says. “But if I do go into politics, these skills I’m learning now will be very useful...
...sure until after next week's election, and a person close to the former CIA director says Goss is also considering other options, from teaching to consulting. And even if he does write a book, Washington insiders and intelligence operatives who may be salivating - or trembling - at the prospect of a kiss-and-tell may be disappointed. "I'm looking at doing a book that would make a positive contribution. This is not about gotcha," says Goss. "I've been keeping my mouth shut for two years...
...prospect of his going free troubles security officials on both sides of the Atlantic, and leaves some bewildered by Washington's decision to drop its case against him. British authorities say they don't have sufficient evidence to try Doha, and plan instead to deport him to his native Algeria. What happens then? "Either Doha is left free to do as he pleases, and probably one day vanish to resume his plotting work," says a French counter-terror official. "Or the Algerians cite some pretext for arresting and jailing him, and ensure he's not a threat to anyone...
...French are incredulous at the prospect of Doha going free. "How can you have Abu Zubaydah, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, and who knows how many low-level fighters in secret camps and let someone of Abu Doha's stature free by deporting him?" the French counter-terrorism official asks. "It's incomprehensible that someone with his profile will be deported to freedom and allowed to resume his activities...