Pugh and Long both went in the top 20 selections, defying almost all mock drafts, and Frederick was probably the only player drafted that almost no one outside of Dallas considered to be a potential first-round selection.
While Michael Bloomberg is always thought to be a potential third party candidate in 2012 for his effective managerial skills the latest blunders in cleaning up the snow in the Big Apple may doom any of the boomlets that might have appeared for the billionaire mayor.
Design studies have been launched (i) at CERN with the Future Circular Colliders (FCC), of which an e+e- collider is a potential first step (FCC-ee, formerly caller TLEP) and (ii) in China with the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC).
Hillary Rodham Clinton, were she to make a run for president official, would start off with massive advantages in organization and fundraising ability, as well as the historic propellant of being a potential first woman president.
The Miami Heat, led by Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, is a potential second-round opponent.
As if to guarantee an unpredictable outcome, there is a potential third-party spoiler: Joseph Zdonczyk of the conservative Concerned Citizens Party.
With Amelie Mauresmo out with an injury, 18th-ranked Chanda Rubin just missed being seeded and is a potential third-round opponent for Monica Seles, seeded sixth.
Hewitt will be delighted that the withdrawals of Thomas Johansson and Guillermo Canas mean Rusedski has been removed to the opposite half of the draw, having been a potential second opponent.
Ballack's injury could directly affect the Americans in the World Cup, since Germany is a potential second-round opponent from a group that includes Serbia, Ghana and Australia.
He was a potential first-round pick who was forced to miss the N.F.L. combine and partake in Cal-Berkeley's pro day without being 100 percent healthy, causing him to run a disappointing 4.71 40-yard dash, precipitating his fall.
Aside from calling it a hobby, Steve Jobs has referred to the Apple TV as being a potential "fourth leg" of a chair Apple is building.
