Word: prospects
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obstructs programs for minorities (e.g. the Third World Jobs Clearinghouse), the improvement of police services (e.g. the rejection of federal funds in 1976), and other liberal action. Adding another four rings to the circus practically assures the re-election of all of the incumbent councilors; with this prospect in mind, they have stamped their approval on White's plan. The alterations now require the approval of the state legislature. Next year the Massachusetts House of Representatives will be cut from 240 to 160 members: White is currying favor by creating potential jobs for displaced state representatives...
...prospect of actually being President, I look forward to that with anticipation, with a growing sense of confidence, because I know I have a good team to work with me and the good will of the American people. I think almost all of them want me to succeed...
...vice president of International Business Machines Corp., argue that business's coffers already are bulging and that executives will not spend more on factories and machinery unless consumer demand rises. Says Grove, who wants a stimulus of as much as $30 billion: "What business needs most is the prospect of higher sales volumes to encourage investment...
...Goosey Prospect. Even now, nobody can predict that the budget will pass. Says High School Principal Jim Sutherland: "I'm goosey about January 11. Some school supporters who are upset by the new cuts are going to vote no, while a lot of the original no-voters are so no that they wouldn't vote yes for anything. They say it's the taxes, but I don't buy that. They want control over the schools, over what's taught, who's hired or fired. Some parents seem threatened by their kids getting...
...contain his ambitions, he has assigned himself at the start a small, local comedy of apparently modest import. An 80-year-old widow, Sally Abbott, has come home to the family farmhouse to live out her days with her widower brother James in the shadow of Prospect Mountain, near Bennington...