There's a lot of greeting-card potential in Mr. Parent's material, but he is too likable a storyteller to let it in.
But the world has changed, and this government thinks that the cards' potential usefulness in combating terrorism, illegal immigration and benefit fraud outweighs the costs of introducing them.In this section Is California back?
The analysis of Wild Cards, potential low-likelihood but high-impact events, in foresight studies is important in order to counter the tendency of decision makers to deny major surprises.
Some officials remain enthusiastic about the identification card's potential as a sort of central repository in the future.
Hulu has had little trouble filling its dance card with potential suitors, and now Apple, a company with $76 billion in cash, is said to be in the mix.
They're every bit as professional as a Broadway cast, but they also hold rock's wild card: the potential, realized or not, for spontaneity.
He should not let it sit in his wallet; besides accumulating possible annual fees, the card represents potential borrowing power that could give other lenders -- say, for a mortgage -- distinct pause.
Recognition by the Arab world and a literal end to the Arab-Israeli conflict is the trump card – a potential sweetener for the two-thirds of Israelis supportive of a two-state solution that could make other concessions more palatable.
But the event also saw more than a dozen "carrier-killer" anti-ship ballistic missiles rolling through the streets of the capital, with state television calling them a "trump card" in potential conflicts and "one of China's key weapons in asymmetric warfare".
That intelligence gives the card the potential to perform myriad functions from storing and transferring cash to holding entire credit and medical histories.
In September, Christine Lagarde threatened the country with a "red card", meaning potential expulsion from the Fund and the G20, if it does not do more to produce reliable statistics on its inflation and GDP.
