Word: prospectively
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...everyone is so gung-ho. Over the past few days, the legitimacy of a Kennedy senatorship has been hashed and rehashed by pundits, politicians, and the people themselves. Still, if Kennedy is to be handed the seat, American voters should be concerned, and not just because the prospect reeks of dynastic politics. Her case is merely the latest and most blatant example of how politicians’ personalities eclipse the ideas they represent...
...Brother watching? A Department of Homeland Security program calls for the installation of around 180 surveillance cameras in the Boston metropolitan area, including eight in Cambridge—a prospect that has sown confusion and concern on the Cambridge City Council. In response, the Cambridge Civic Unity Committee, chaired by City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, will be holding a meeting on Jan. 22 to discuss the surveillance program and to address community concerns. “The fact that [the cameras] were installed is news to me, and to most of my colleagues,” Decker said...
...responses.Yet Yelbi says that he remains hopeful despite these challenges. “If you want to go somewhere, then never take a no [for an answer],” he says. “Obstacles are made to be overcome.”When faced with the prospect of homelessness after his graduation from Notre Dame, his mother offered him the chance to return home, but Yelbi refused. “My mother knew my situation, and she’s supportive,” Yelbi says. “But she knew that for me to succeed...
Congress and the Administration are concerned about the economy but the panic and the adrenalin rush which accompanies it have not hit with a full force. The prospect of another 524,000 people being put out of work in just 30 days and the likelihood that the situation will only get worse as industries from retail and automotive cut more people may be the only thing that drives an admittedly imperfect set of bills though Congress, to the President's desk, and into the bureaucracy that must implement the programs...
According to Eckersley, the prosecution may have opted to press the charge of polygamy because it is the most winnable strategy. Analysts contend that in the absence of plaintiffs or cooperative witnesses, charges of sexual abuse are unlikely to stick. But Eckersley is no more hopeful at the prospect of a successful polygamy prosecution, saying, "There is a strong sense in the legal community this law won't stand up in court." The case is likely to languish in the legal system for years, allowing Bountiful and its way of life to live on. For Bountiful's defenders, this reality...