Finally, there is the prospect of the Atlantic Yards project stretching across a 22-acre site from Fourth Avenue east to Vanderbilt Avenue, a subject of much gloomy speculation.
There is the real prospect of austerity stretching way beyond 2020.
With the prospect of deficits stretching out to the horizon, and the administration claiming that it cannot afford to spend more money on homeland security, the idea of permanently eliminating this source of revenue is outrageous.
Some prospects didn't stretch them out far enough.
Army Secretary Thomas E. White, himself a retired Army brigadier general, told Congress that he was "very nervous" about the prospect of reducing the size of a force that was already stretched thin by its deployments around the world.
Lawmakers once faced the prospect of five casinos stretching from Kutsher's Sports Academy near Monticello eastward to the Shawangunk Ridge.
Not long ago, lawmakers in Albany faced the prospect of five casinos stretching across the recreational areas of the Catskills, from Kutsher's Sports Academy near Monticello eastward to an area near the Shawangunk Ridge.
Many state lawmakers dread the prospect of a scandal stretching into the fall election season, when they are up for re-election and members of both parties want to focus on the presidential race.
With the prospect of budget deficits stretching far into the future, and with the first wave of baby boomers already well into their 50's, the day of reckoning for Social Security and Medicare is not far off.
The prospect has been a shock to some in St . Paul who say the economy is stretched to its limit.
