Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...likelihood, Roby will use the Duke game as a chance for all of his players to get some time and experience. Christmas miracles only happen on 34th Street in New York, not in North Carolina...
...likelihood of a dignified Soviet withdrawal has been diminished by a major development in the war: after years of stalemate, the rebels are everywhere on the offensive. Soviet and government troops have firm control only over the largest cities, while the rebels, thought to be 200,000 strong, are more unified and better armed than ever and range freely across the countryside. An important reason for their new mobility: U.S.-supplied Stinger antiaircraft missiles that are being used with increasing success to deprive Soviet ground forces of the air support they long used to protect troops and supply lines...
...jingle-jangle shopping spree seems muffled so far this year. As customers browse among the cashmere sweaters and compact-disc players, many are having doubts not only about this month's expenditures but also about their whole philosophy of buy, buy, buy. The October stock-market crash and the likelihood of an economic slowdown next year have rekindled the feeling that Americans must reform their spendthrift ways. "Consumers are so far out on a limb," declares Economic Consultant A. Gary Shilling, "that the crash has shocked them into an agonizing reappraisal of their conduct...
...billion foreign debt -- much of it owed to U.S. banks. For all the tough talk, however, the meeting accomplished little. The eight countries at Acapulco -- Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela -- have no means of imposing their views on the other OAS members. Still, the likelihood of an increasing regional assertiveness at odds with U.S. policies and interests brought little comfort to Washington...
Gatwood also said the likelihood is small that the quantities of substances used for cleaning by Harvard's facilities and maintenance department exceed even the lower of the two numbers...