Word: depends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decision to cut funding may depend on convincing legislators that public scholarships for private institutions are justified, Casey says, explaining that many members of the State House deny that the scholarships are a top priority, since students have the option of attending public universities if they cannot afford the more expensive tuition costs of private institutions...
...only reason to make war is to make peace at the end," says Mohamad Milhem, an executive-committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization. "If at the end there is instability and no peace, what is the point in making war?" The shape of the postwar order will depend to a great extent on how the various parties embroiled in the conflict survive the cataclysm of the battle...
Much will depend on how Washington behaves in the aftermath of war. A quick withdrawal of American forces would give the lie to a loony, but widespread, Middle East conspiracy theory: that the U.S. provoked the gulf crisis -- actually encouraged Saddam to invade Kuwait -- in order to colonize the region. The degree to which Washington pressures Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and, ultimately, give the Palestinians a homeland will also determine the level of American credibility in the region...
...something from his Kuwait adventure besides his skin. Saddam would announce that in two weeks, 90 days or whenever, he would begin withdrawing some troops from part of Kuwait, and maybe more later. How many initially, how many subsequently, how fast, from how much of Kuwait? That would all depend on what terms the allies and the U.N. offered to have him continue the pullout...
...banking system, 1991 will be the maximum-stress test. The extent of the pain will depend on such influences as the outcome of the Persian Gulf crisis. But with too many banks chasing too little business in a slumping economy, the industry is headed for contraction. How the government responds to the shake-out will determine the shape of U.S. banking for the rest of the 1990s -- and beyond...