Word: prospects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even before last month, when the senior Wang underwent surgery for cancer of the esophagus, Wall Street suspected that the family-controlled company might be put up for sale. Now that Wang's heir apparent has stepped aside, that prospect seems even more likely...
...offering a non-Communist such as Malinowski to head the government--which in itself would be a first in postwar Poland--the Communist Party apparently hopes avoid the once-unthinkable prospect of a Solidarity government from coming true...
Besides being emotionally stressful for some, menopause can bring physical discomfort and may lead the way to serious health risks in older women. When their reproductive years end and the production of sex hormones drops, women face not only the prospect of hot flashes and insomnia but also a greater chance of worse conditions, such as heart disease and a weakening of the bones called osteoporosis. Over the years, pharmaceutical companies have developed pills designed to replace the hormones the women have lost, and these drugs have come into wide use. Now, however, new questions are being raised about their...
...Dead Sea sect, the scrolls show that many of the concepts contained in the Gospels, as well as the fervent expectation of an imminent kingdom of God, were commonplace in Jewish culture just at the time when Christianity arose. With further texts to come, there is always the tantalizing prospect that important and long-kept secrets of the scrolls remain to be revealed...
...leader, terrorists announce the execution of one American and threaten another. George Bush works diplomatic channels and ponders a military strike, but the painful fact remains: the U.S. still has no effective way to deal with hostage taking. This time, however, there is a tantalizing glimpse of hope -- the prospect of Iran's cooperation. See NATION...