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Rather than experience sadness and frustration, the masses who admired bin Laden's daring revolution would celebrate him and vow to avenge his death. Mobs might well take to the streets, despite the likelihood that national authorities would resort to force to suppress them. Mock funerals and special congregation prayers would no doubt be held in various parts of the Muslim world to herald the departure of another great mujahid in this open-ended war against what some Muslims call the infidels of all types...
...Actually, the likelihood is an unpredictable scatter of good and bad results. But Carter is speaking about the intensity of what is about to occur. The rules that have been violated are those that govern the etiquette of complex international relations - the rules of diplomacy. The notion, for example, that the President of the U.S. would challenge our oldest allies to a public showdown is quite remarkable. (Presidents usually do the precise opposite: they struggle to avoid any appearance of disunity.) This is a breathtaking gamble, and the question arises: Is it witting or not? Is the Administration's disdain...
...that's not all bad, insist White House officials. Sure, the likelihood of war and the threat of terrorism have squeezed the economy. War jitters contributed to the nine-year low registered last week in the key consumer-confidence index--and to the all-time lows in the polls for Bush's economic performance. But the war may also be the White House's way out of the problem. Bush advisers say the economy will surge after the war, as businesses start investing and consumers start spending. And victory in war can jump-start a President's stalled poll numbers...
...higher seed will provide several benefits to Harvard. It will give the Crimson an easier opponent in the first round and lower the likelihood that this game will be on its opponent’s home court. Palm’s latest bracket projection is among the best site arrangements Crimson could hope for. He projects Harvard at No. 12, playing South Carolina at Old Dominion, who would earn a No. 13 seed. Other nearby sites where Harvard could end up include Penn State, Cincinnati, NC State, Georgia and Purdue...
...likelihood, Harvard would be a No. 4 seed if it made the tournament, meaning it would face a difficult task in the first round: a No. 1 seed playing, in theory, relatively close to home...