Word: prospects
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...Jewish Zealots defending the fortress of Masada against besieging Roman legions in A.D. 73 chose self-slaughter rather than submission; 960 men, women and children died. The event occupies a place of some reverence in Jewish memory and is not really comparable to Jonestown; the Zealots faced the prospect of slaughter or slavery, and their choice therefore possessed a certain passionate rationality. In the 17th century, Russian Orthodox dissenters called the Old Believers refused to accept liturgical reforms. Over a period of years some 20,000 peasants in protest abandoned their fields and burned themselves. In East Africa before World...
...this gloomy prospect seems less likely. In what is apparently the first such reversal since the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. Census Bureau reported last week, there has been a slight yet important decline in the rate of the world's population growth. Said Samuel Baum, the chief demographic statistician on the project: "This is really a major turning point in world history...
...computerized system would locate on remote college campuses, Seattle and the other rising teams in the N.F.L. have beefed up their own scouting departments. Their model: Dallas, of course. Laments Gil Brandt, the Cowboys' vice president in charge of finding superstars: "We used to hear of a hot prospect at Podunk U. and send one of our guys to look at him. He'd be the only one there...
...acquisition, have also prospered. The parent company decides basic policy, sets annual goals and provides central services such as legal, financial and marketing support, but the agencies are left to fight for clients on their own. Says SSC&B President Alfred J. Seaman: "If we had a new business prospect, I would want us to compete just as hard against McCann-Erick-son and Campbell-Ewald as we would against Young & Rubicam...
...jabberwockian confusion. Even the most dedicated students of Tolkien may not recall instantly what Edoras and Isengard are, and nonreaders are likely to lose their way early in the journey. At the end, Frodo has still not reached the fire mountain in Mordor where his destiny lies, and the prospect of a sequel echoes during the closing credits. That might not be a bad idea. But if Frodo picks up any more dwarves when he continues, he would be smart to choose Grumpy, Sneezy...