Forecasts of future riches are little comfort, for instance, to Dale Dougherty, publisher of Web Review, a respected weekly Web magazine dealing with Internet culture and technology.

For an investment firm like the Republican Party, which has been stuck in dawdling Congressional midcaps for a decade, the promise of future riches is too exhilarating to second-guess.

The dispute arises from the unions' desire to stake a claim to a share of expected future riches.

But it seemed as if his partners had decided to sacrifice large future riches for immediate gain.

Conversations with pilots at Delta and other major airlines indicate that many of them are rejecting the promise of future riches in favor of retiring early and taking smaller payouts.

Mostly, with a peroration on the subject of the future riches of Roman soldiers, from Malwa booty.

Which is why Hiro quit his job at Black Sun Systems, despite the promise of future riches, and why Juanita divorced Da5id two years after she married him.

Options are also used by start-up companies that are short on cash but want to lure prospective workers with the promise of future riches should the company's stock take off.

While those players prepare to pursue future riches, the Cincinnati Reds will soon be able to count what they earned by winning the World Series.

In part, wireless operators are banking on past success for future riches.