Still, Ms. Crawford said that even the relatively small amount of data demanded posed a troubling prospect.

The fighters' defections have raised the troubling prospect of more avenues of influence for Iran, the senior intelligence official said.

Heisenberg also raised the troubling prospect that the bomb, if perfected and exploded, might ignite chain reactions across the globe.

This presented Yahya with the troubling prospect of a hostile force to his rear if he pressed on north.

It's a troubling prospect.

"The Army is now faced with a troubling prospect: inducting a lumbering, misfiring, vintage design tank like the Arjun, and that, too, in large numbers".

Another troubling prospect, he said, is Mr. Florio's plan to appoint an environmental prosecutor.

But the fact that they are looking into maintenance problems poses troubling prospects for Continental Airlines, the bankrupt parent company of Continental Express.

Labor unrest may be the most troubling prospect for the Government because of the likely economic effects and political overtones.

The result is the deeply troubling prospect that the President might be convicted and removed from office without two-thirds of the Senate agreeing on what the President actually did.