In fact, the prospects for the former outweigh those for the latter because of the new economic realities.
Despite enthusiasm for JAL's return to the stock market, prospects for the former flagship carrier are not necessarily bright in the cutthroat global aviation industry.
The Best Buy Company, the nation's largest electronics retailer, was sued by a shareholder who said the company misled investors last year about the prospects for its former Sam Goody unit.
That was the prospect for the former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne on Monday, when state officials disclosed plans for him to transform a landmark Lower Manhattan building into a huge musical instrument, The Associated Press reported.
The result left uncertain the prospects for John Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, who had staked his second bid for the White House on winning Iowa.
Mr. Clinton ran in 1996 against one of the Republican leaders he had bested in the government shutdown fight, Bob Dole, the Senate majority leader; prominent Republican prospects for 2012 like former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas are well-positioned to run as anti-Washington outsiders.
But Rodgers, who has refused to completely dismiss the prospect of a move for former Liverpool striker Michael Owen, is conscious of the need to bolster his attacking options.
THE WAITING GAME Still worried about the prospect of former owners showing up someday and asking for their home back?
When asked about his prospects for that event, the former world No1 replied: "I don't know.
The authorities are busy scouring hundreds of cold case files, raising the prospect of an eleventh-hour reckoning for former Nazis now in their 80s and 90s.
