Word: prospects
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Washington brows are beginning to furrow at the prospect that the U.S. might wind up with not even enough oil for itself, let alone anyone else. The nation depends on Iran for only about 5% of its petroleum needs, but other countries are nowhere near so lucky. Worldwide, Iran normally supplies about 20% of the total petroleum imports of all the consuming nations. Japan usually relies on Iran for 15% of its needs, and Western Europe generally is heavily dependent on Iranian oil, as is Israel, whose oil needs the U.S. has pledged to fulfill in the event of shortages...
...country's production back to an acceptable level. Oilmen actually say that if shortages of gasoline and other refined products are to be prevented from developing later this spring, the Iranian fields must start coming back on stream in the next six to eight weeks-a highly questionable prospect, given the country's political situation...
...That prospect did not faze him at all. As TIME'S Chicago production and distribution manager, he is used to coping with the challenges of his city's winters. But Serafin awoke the next morning to find nearly a foot of snow on the ground, with more coming. "It was snowing so heavily," he recalls, "that I couldn't see the end of my block. I was completely surprised-and very worried...
...prospect alarms many constitutional experts, who fear that a convention could not be limited to a single issue, thereby creating a sort of open season for tampering with the Constitution. In addition, many experts also oppose writing a flat prohibition on deficits into the Constitution. One reason is that it would holster an important weapon in coping with recession. Moreover, many doubt that a no-deficit amendment is practical. Robert Bork, Yale's conservative law professor and former U.S. Solicitor General in the Nixon Administration, attempted for several months to draft a constitutional amendment that would limit federal spending...
...prospect of a thrilling battle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys proved a lure to many students. For others, though, the thought of oncoming exams dampened their football fever...