That research, called prospect theory, looked at how people make choices when risk is involved.
Thanks to the expansion into an area called Prospect Bowl, there was plenty to choose from.
The two then developed an alternative account of decision making, one more faithful to human psychology, which they called "prospect theory".
Lord Brett, better known as Bill Brett, who has died aged 70 after a long illness, was general secretary of the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists (IPMS, and now called Prospect) between 1989 and 1999.
Picking up the phone and calling prospects, knocking on our clients' neighbours doors, and asking happy clients for referrals.
Most men don't have much in the way of what they used to call "prospects", so marriage is much less common and divorce more so.
Chomsky can also be heard on the Internet Underground Music Archive, which hosts a streaming-audio file of an M.I.T. lecture called "Prospects for Democracy".
It was pessimistic about Japan, calling prospects for a recovery "distant" and adding that fiscal and monetary policy had "limited room for maneuver".
Mr. Cheever conveys the tedium of the long, customer-starved hours spent calling prospects from his cubicle or pacing the lot, the clammy awkwardness of the first approach and the tension of protracted haggling.
As the end of the Congressional recess draws closer, the debate over Iraq policy will only intensify, and the new intelligence assessment, called "Prospects for Iraq's Stability" is likely to play an important role in that discussion.
