21.   Compared with a year ago, the prospects look bright.

22.   Democratic prospects looked better by the month as the election season headed toward the fall.

23.   Diving bell is in contact, but prospects look grim.

24.   Even before going public, he said, the prospects for success looked good until he went to Ballow for some operating cash.

25.   Even if someone were to call for a U.S. peace enforcement mission, the prospects look as likely as a flying aircraft carrier.

26.   Even so, Microsoft just reported record fiscal third-quarter earnings, and its short-term prospects look bright.

27.   For now, the near-term growth prospects look modest at best.

28.   From the press box in Montreal Wednesday night, the prospect looked far more like destruction.

29.   He had no plans to leave, but his job prospects look slim and he is unsure what he will do.

30.   His losses in Virginia and Washington make his prospects look bleak unless he can pull off a miracle next week in New York and California.