Because they won a lot and drafted low, the Cavaliers had few chances to obtain high-ceiling prospects.
Mr. McConnell has been more open to the idea of a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, a prospect that unsettles House Republicans who would prefer not to vote multiple times on the debt limit before they all face the electorate in November 2012.
This week we saw a woman pressed smack up against the glass ceiling with the prospect of drowning in a sea of bias.
This is a trend that some analysts say is likely to persist, even after any resolution in the debt ceiling debate and its prospects for downgrade or default.
The US debt ceiling talks, and the prospect of a goverment shutdown, were to blame.
In a meeting with reporters after a White House session between House Republicans and the president, Mr. Boehner said a budget deal well in advance of the Treasury Department's Aug. 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling could avoid the prospect of adverse market reactions.
Investors continued to be unsettled by the Eurozone crisis, with Italy voting on its austerity measures, and increasingly by the looming deadline for America to raise its debt ceiling or face the prospect of running out of money to pay its bills.
True, I eliminated prospects swiftly: ceilings too low, character lacking, price too high, too much work, funky flow, cheap finishes, outdated everything.
Even when women manage to break through the glass ceiling there's still the prospect of dealing with antiquated attitudes in the workplace.
But the current panic has been partly produced by American politicians, whose noisy squabbling over the debt ceiling has combined with the prospect of another United States recession to undermine the potential for global growth.
"The value of a premium and/or close-to-the-big-leagues prospect with highest ceiling is huge in today's market," Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto said.
