Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most vocal critic has been New York Daily New columnist Jimmy Breslin, who charges that had the teenagers been white and Goetz Black, rather than the other way around, the public would have taken a completely different view of the situation. But Goetz's predilections aside, the likelihood of two dozen randomly chosen Manhattan residents all being racists is slim at best--more likely, those 23 grand jurors are subway riders...
Morse said that there was a "strong likelihood" that the cases were related, but that so far, police had found no suspects...
...World War II, is now prepped to launch into an entirely new level of technology, which is destined to leave the current arsenals--and hence arsenal-limiting ideas--obsolete. Right now, nobody's even sure of a framework to discuss the plethora of land, sea, and air nukes. The likelihood that even dedicated arms controllers could limit this plethora in the next four years is small indeed...
...wonder immune-suppressions drug, cyclosporin, which was pioneered for use with heart transplants at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) last year, had not yet been tested in cross-species transplantation and indicated that Bailey was going to attempt the operation. However, he says that the likelihood of success even with the new drug was minimal...
...evidence exists indicating the decay of India's apolitical, non-sectarian military; throughout the recent crisis mixed Sikh-Hindu battalions have struggled to prevent violence both in Hindu and in Sikh communities. Even if investigations into the alleged military conspiracy come up with substantive charges there is still little likelihood that the disease will spread throughout the bulk of the army. Institutional soundness, a dedication to peace and duty, and above all a sense of subordination to civilian authority have every chance of survival in Indian democracy's most valuable pillar--the military...