1.   In one poem William Ix said that a closely guarded Married woman was as bad a prospect as a millpond without fish.

2.   They collectively dismissed the prospect as untenable.

3.   Lyndon Bolton, the managing director, yesterday described prospects as more encouraging than they were at the time of the interim report in August.

4.   Rupert, if I could just finally ask you, do you then see prospects as being fairly rosy for this summer in this country?

5.   And the Hawks know they now have a point guard who will master the fast break for Lorenzen Wright and such prospects as Dion Glover and DerMarr Johnson.

6.   As a minor-league manager, Gardenhire helped develop such prospects as second baseman Chuck Knoblauch, catcher Lenny Webster and right-hander Willie Banks.

7.   As heartbreaking a prospect as never running again was, I knew I had to have faith that something else would deliver the revelation that Sheehan wrote about.

8.   But election politics could cloud settlement prospects as the tobacco industry awaits the next president.

9.   But he said the company remains optimistic about longer-term prospects as worldwide economic conditions improve.

10.   But judging from the election results, as many Americans should be relieved at this prospect as alarmed, no matter who the winner is.