But no one expects that happy prospect any time soon.

President Clinton does not quite face that prospect.

He wanted to make the rescue sure, and the departure of Dwig's crew increased that prospect.

"I will face that prospect when it occurs," said the captain cheerfully.

Thomas Appleby, the development corporation's president, never seemed to find that prospect daunting.

But the state of the drilling industry complicates that prospect.

Was that prospect so much worse than the life she had known?

However, a bout of emphysema and heart strain ended that prospect.

A number of Russian politicians underscored that prospect this week.