It was during that venture into the wild world of seed-stage prospecting that Shah got bitten by the real estate bug while trying to buy some commercial real estate.
This was particularly true in the last quarter of the 20th century, when arms control agreements became the dominant feature of U.S.-Soviet relations and a general measure, in many parts of the world, of the prospects for peace.
In this world of unsure prospects, financial instability, champagne socialists, unmoved governments, and strip clubs urging female students to consider lap dancing their way out of student debt, there's no wonder that stress levels are through the roof.
It's one of them things when like, when you get that many people shot at one particular time, it's almost like, the end of world, the prospect of the end of the world.
BUSH VISION FOR IRAQ -- In a speech aimed at reassuring the world of Iraq's prospects for stable self-rule, the president outlined plans for the June 30 transfer of power, and said a United Nations envoy would announce leaders of the interim government this week.
In the world of consumer research, the prospect of an untapped opinion market is as alluring as an undiscovered continent would be to an ambitious cartographer.
In the world of venture capital, the prospect of a successful "exit" looms large in the minds of investors.
Hopkins said the return to the world of theater and the prospect of working alongside his co-star Ian McKellen was what drew him to the role.
The UN's latest assessment of world population prospects suggests the number of people in Kenya will quadruple by the end of this century, climbing to just over 160 million.
And in the privatised world, the prospect of seriously denting profits by cutting prisoner numbers is a disincentive to successful rehabilitation programmes.
