Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Merle Oberon, almond-eyed cinema siren, five-month wife of Cameraman Keith Ballard, was reported "doing very nicely" after an operation performed "to increase likelihood of motherhood...
There is every likelihood that in such a case, Churchill was prepared to retire to other parts of the Empire to carry on the war. But if Britain had been lost, there would have been small chance that the U.S. could ever have launched a successful invasion of Festung Europa. For that enterprise, a huge unsinkable aircraft carrier-was almost essential. The none too practical route through Africa would have been far less practical had the Germans not had to divide their defense between the English Channel and Mediterranean...
...have said in substance that there is a basic argument now going on between communism and democracy . . . with such likelihood of disastrous outcome that the Muse of History must withdraw from the stage and leave the matter to the contemplation of Muse of Tragedy...
...first British criticisms of the plan concentrated on the improbability of the Government's recognizing a boom or a depression, and then taking the proper steps in time; and on the likelihood that the means proposed would be inadequate...
...riffling through records of some 35,188 obstetric cases, Dr. Eastman concluded that: i) a baby born twelve months after a previous birth has just as good a chance to be healthy as one that has had to wait longer; 2) the longer the interval between births, the more likelihood of a mother's suffering from a type of pregnancy poisoning associated with high blood pressure. Reason: the shorter interval enables mothers to have more children during youth, the best child-bearing time...