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...haven't they gone up yet? If there's one thing Wall Street's stock and bond markets do incessantly, it's "price in" the odds and possibilities of every possible scenario, from Alan Greenspan's next move to Bill Gates'. This Street is paved with forecasts, what-ifs, educated bets and calibrated probabilities. With one Saddam scenario (the good one) so much conventionally wiser than the others - and at the very least a decent bet - how come stocks keep sputtering...
...only danger I can see in issuing such a strongly worded warning is if nothing happens this time around, the next time there's an alert the government may find people lose attentiveness, or patience, and become less vigilant. It's kind of a "Boy Who Cried Wolf" scenario...
Imagine this scenario...
...This scenario never actually occurred. It never could have, for two reasons. First: because the Harvard women’s hockey team is too classy to demean its opponents in such a way. Second: because even playing on their weaker sides, Harvard would wipe the ice with BU. They’d probably win with the butts of their sticks...
...women’s hockey team, suit up the members of the Crimson sports board. Our top players would be among those that cover hockey. Junior Timothy Jackson (of Toronto, Canada!) will play goal. I, sophomore Dave Weinfeld of Montreal, will play center every shift. Of course, with this scenario, the “Crimson” would probably lose just as badly as BU did to the real Harvard women’s hockey team, but for the sake of parity, it makes the most sense...