Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trick: his writings were cryptic, and interpreters can read any number of different predictions into a single passage. Modern seers like Jeane Dixon are also generally vague, and they bolster their visions by keeping an observant eye on human nature and events. Sybil Leek, for instance, predicted the likelihood of an assassination attempt on Presidential Candidate George Wallace?but many thoughtful and apprehensive laymen could have done the same...
...willingness to intervene in private economic processes. There is no question that there will be a greater likelihood of wage-price intervention by Democrats than by Republicans...
...welcome a little more independence, the Japanese fear that the new five-power future espoused by the President could be as unworkable as the old two-power world. As they see it, Nixon's (and your) new world is already so lopsided as to rule out any real likelihood that the "even balance" of power that the President talks about will ever emerge...
...most apparent one is the crisis over Harvard's decision in April not to sell its stock in the Gulf Oil Corporation. The resultant occupation of Bok's offices in Mass Hall left him isolated with his advisors in Holyoke Center, unable to act decisively because of the likelihood of a confrontation with police. It was then that Bok, in an attempt to communicate his views on the Gulf issue, began a whirlwind of discussion sessions and written statements "to the University community...
Marxist Vision. Aside from such considerations, the Soviet response to Viet Nam is likely to be tempered by Moscow's conviction that its side is winning in Southeast Asia. In all likelihood, the Kremlin regards Nixon's quarantine of North Viet Nam as a last-ditch effort that will have no decisive effect on the outcome of the war. Hence the Soviets can afford to be patient; they are confident that Hanoi possesses sufficient equipment and will power to win such decisive victories on the ground that Nixon will have no choice except to sweep up his mines...