11.   Whether they were boarding a train for Philadelphia or making a cross-country flight to Los Angeles, Massachusetts delegates faced the same prospects this year.

12.   Philippine shares closed sharply higher as declining interest rates buoyed hopes of better economic prospects this year, traders said.

13.   For instance, the key EU economies of Britain, France and Germany are already facing slower growth prospects this year.

14.   However, it foresees the casual and outdoor shoe sectors to offer attractive prospects this year.

15.   Its prospects this year are just as bleak, they conceded.

16.   The swelling trade deficit raised prospects this year of setting the second-worst merchandise trade gap in US history.