But the near-term prospects for the bill's passage are virtually nil.

Despite the hotel industry's poor near-term prospects, private buyers are beginning to take advantage of low interest rates and a drop in prices.

Clearly, if things turn out worse than that, it means a lot more uncertainty about the near-term prospects.

American firms are also cutting back here because Japan's near-term prospects are bleak.

Despite this interest, he was pessimistic about near-term prospects for extension of human lifespan.

But others have a less sanguine view of the company's near-term prospects.

It makes it hard to get very excited about the company's near-term prospects.

Microsoft has no illusions about its near-term prospects in the courts.

The subject of disagreement is the near-term prospects for the stock market, as reflected in options trading.

We simply now see no near-term prospect of that.