51.   Desmond Lachman, the global coordinator for emerging market research at Salomon Brothers, is also pessimistic for the near term.

52.   Either way, the ruling can have only informal impact outside Vermont, at least in the near term.

53.   Even moving the Woomera asylum seekers to another center seems unlikely in the near term.

54.   Even when they are more optimistic about the near term outlook, executives are likely to be subdued with their expectations.

55.   Exactly what form this relief would take is still a matter of discussion, but complete elimination of the penalty is unlikely in the near term.

56.   For another, as networks start to produce their own programming in house, the production costs will rise, certainly in the near term.

57.   For consumers, cable television prices would be expected to increase in many markets, at least in the near term.

58.   For the near term, perhaps in five years, it could be used to boost medical and bioengineering research.

59.   For the near term, the battles will continue to drag on, and the outcomes are not certain.

60.   For the near term, the Senate must sign on to the bill, or it would go into conference committee to reconcile the two versions.