Word: likelihood
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...deadliest shock to the economy would be a return of sustained double-digit inflation. That likelihood is not easy to gauge. The October leap in wholesale prices seems to have been partly a statistical fluke, caused by difficulty in calculating seasonal adjustments. M. Kathryn Eickhoff, vice president and treasurer of the New York economic consulting firm of Townsend-Greenspan, suggests that the real annual rate of increase may be only about half the 23.9% reported. Still, the October jump was disquieting: it involved not only metals and cars but also farm products, lumber, textiles, clothing, furniture and household durables...
...media. The press may not be able to give the whole story. But the fact that journalists do consider themselves "active pursuers of the truth"--a role that Epstein thinks plausible only for unbiased social scientists--rather than "agents for others who desire to disclose information" increases the likelihood that the public will at least be made aware of the issues...
Despite these benefits, many lawyers believe that the old rule against a defendant representing himself still applies. "She is ill-advised and is increasing the likelihood that she will stay in jail," says Monroe Freedman, dean of the Hofstra University law school. He points out that defendants who act as their own lawyers tend to get tangled up with issues extraneous to the case...
...politics of students has become more mainstream, the likelihood that they will form their own political organization has declined. And after all, when students here have the choice between getting a job with a candidate bound for the presidency or trying to get someone elected to the city council, there's very little doubt about which way they will turn...
Donald C. Moulton, assistant vice president for community affairs, said yesterday there is still "a very good likelihood" that the housing agency's board will decide to give Mission Park the funds it needs out of its current assets...