But he says for this year Yemen's economic prospects are poor, and the country would be lucky to grow at half the rate the Central Bank has projected.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Larger prospects for growth are being proclaimed by government officials after this year's defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, which brought an end to a quarter century of civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But Lee Smith's new book concludes that diminishing the American presence in the Middle East at this moment could create dangerous new instabilities that could worsen,not improve, the prospects for peace in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Israel's many friends in this country - particularly a number of American Jews critical to Democratic electoral prospects this fall - finally seem to have awakened to these realities.

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But recession, a sluggish economy and the deficit reduction measures may have damaged the Tories' prospects this May.

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Even though the Democrats have lost for the past several years, I feel good about our prospects this year.

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