Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That issue out of the way, the committee voted to recommend confirmation by a vote of 29 to 8, setting up the likelihood that Ford would be approved by the House this week as the nation's 40th Vice President...
...obvious American parallel, that of General MacArthur, who was fired by Truman for insubordination and returned home to a hero's welcome. MacArthur, however, then faded into obscurity. Sharon may well be fired and return to Israel a hero. But rather than fade into obscurity, he will in all likelihood make himself one of the most significant opposition voices in the nation...
...spokesman for Eban admitted as much when he told reporters: "The likelihood of such an attack became apparent some hours before, and information was given to the U.S. and other governments together with an assurance that Israel would not make any preventive move and would favor action by interested parties to warn Cairo and Damascus against carrying out what was clearly their intention...
Trudeau, 53, must now face a long Canadian winter. There is little likelihood that Conservative Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield, who lost so narrowly last time, will give him a breather. The trip to China will not solve Trudeau's troubles at home. Inflation (especially in food prices)-along with unemployment and fractious Quebec-provides Stanfield with missiles to try to pierce Trudeau's new image...
With European diplomats, Kissinger sought to leave the impression that President Nixon's trip is still a possibility this year. No dates were mentioned, however, and Western envoys are now more or less resigned to the likelihood that the constitutional crisis over the Watergate tapes and the plight of Vice President Agnew will force Nixon to postpone his visit until 1974. Kissinger looked over a draft proposal outlining long-range Common Market goals and priorities and politely suggested that the nine nations try for something more specific than vague generalities. Both the U.S. and the members of the European...