Word: likelihood
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Despite such pressure, there was little likelihood of any quick tightening of gun laws. Minutes before he was shot at by Moore, Ford had expressed his opposition to the registration of handguns; his press secretary reconfirmed that view afterward. Although gun controls could help prevent many spur of the moment murders, few experts thought such laws would have any short-term impact on the danger of assassinations; the gains would be long run. For now, those most likely to use guns against a President would be least likely to register or surrender the ones they have...
Students were concerned, he added, that giving more attention to the plan would increase the likelihood of its adoption by forcing the administration into "this business of recouping your investment...
...case, the Administration will probably allow the Russians to buy at least an additional 5 million tons of grain this year. That likelihood increased last week when the Department of Agriculture forecast record U.S. harvests of 240 million metric tons for all grains -wheat, corn, oats, barley and rye. That would be 2% less than was forecast in August, but 42 million tons above last year's crop. So, the U.S. should be able to feed itself and export heavily, too -though at how great a cost in added inflation is still unclear...
...Harvard administration wanted to do any one thing to make things easier for women here, it would institute a 1 to 1 ratio. But now that the days of equal access are upon us, the likelihood of that happening is just about nil. Equal access, like the Radcliffe bitch myth, is an instance of Harvard's subtle sexism surfacing--and again, surfacing in a way that is ambiguous enough so that many women don't see anything sexist about it at all. As usual, there's no one specific to blame, and everyone means well and sincerely believes that they...
...aging mobster (now 73) never broke his silence. But last week the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered him freed. The justices concluded that there was "no substantial likelihood" that Catena would ever cooperate with the commission; therefore, he must be released because further imprisonment would amount to unjustified punishment. Lest other Mafiosi rejoice too much, the court limited its decision to his case alone. As a result, three other recalcitrant witnesses remain in the Clinton Reformatory, and the commission can continue to coerce silent mobsters with threats of imprisonment. To get out of jail without talking, they will have...