That's still a long way away, but prospects this week look suddenly dim.
But the company's prospects have dimmed in the last year.
With the end of the cold war, the industry's prospects have dimmed greatly.
"Unfortunately, by the time I came around to that way of thinking, my prospects had dimmed."
After all, each time a student drops out, the prospects dim for a faculty raise.
Local political leaders say they now fear that the prospects for a casino are dimming.
All this is taking place as economic prospects for the children of Mexican immigrants have dimmed.
Its prospects dimmed slowly over recent weeks, in the face of opposition from drug makers.
Prospects for higher education for women coming of age in the capital have also dimmed.
But even that prospect couldn't dim the triumph she felt at Beauchamp's reaction.