Word: prospects
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warrant. Said OSHA'S chief, Eula Bingham: "It all depends on what the employers do. If most comply, there will be no problems. If they are not forthcoming, we will serve warrants automatically." She added that the ruling would increase paper work and bureaucratic procedures, hardly a heartening prospect for apostles of less government and less red-tape...
Many of the locals are upset by the prospect. A human voice at the end of the line instead of an electronic buzz has heightened Avalon's sense of community. A direct-dial system means no more neighborly gossip and no more baby announcements over the phone. People used to ask questions like "Where can I reach Lucy's sister?" or "How long do you broil a steak?" Now they will have to go elsewhere for the answers...
...That prospect brought a predictably sharp response from the Soviets. Said Gromyko pointedly: "We see no need to give up existing negotiating channels or to restructure them." In some other respects, the Russian proved conciliatory, offering to negotiate a "substantial" reduction in strategic arms...
Around a candlelit table on Washington's Prospect Street one night not long ago, Bill Ruckelshaus, the former Deputy Attorney General, now senior vice president of Weyerhaeuser Co., gathered with old friends. Eyes shone bright. Could he, would he? No, no, he protested. But there might have been a waver in his voice...
...inventor whose farsighted triumphs include the first practical car radio, the autopilot for airplanes, the eight-track stereo cartridge and, more recently, the Learjet; of leukemia; in Reno. Throughout a prodigious career that eventually netted him more than 150 patents, Lear delighted in tackling "impossible" problems. Intrigued by the prospect of designing his own plane, Lear severed connections in 1962 with the electronics firm he had founded, anted up $11 million of his personal fortune, squeezed bank loans and tapped his children's trust funds to finance production of the small, streamlined, low-cost jet now used by corporation...