Word: unlikelyness
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Competitions have a history of successfully solving some of humanity’s most vexing problems—and the winners are often the most unlikely of candidates, according to Karim R. Lakhani, an assistant professor at the Business School and one of the professors behind the initiative.
Just before Christmas, Obama invited Gates to the Oval Office and asked him to stay on. Gates agreed to remain for another year, though he told me it was highly unlikely he would finish the term.
It's also looking unlikely that the U.S. Senate will pass carbon-capping legislation anytime soon - Obama lost a key vote for cap and trade when Republican Scott Brown won the late Senator Ted Kennedy's seat in a special election in Massachusetts - and that could potentially invalidate the U.S...
Consider the following two films: in the first, a character known for his logical prowess stands before the audience and explains, “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth,” and proceeds to deduce the unlikely origins of...
There's no doubt, though, that all sides are looking for a way out of the stalemate that has produced Iran's longest period of domestic political instability since the 1979 revolution. One state broadcaster recently suggested that much of the postelection protest was the result of sexual frustration on...