Word: likelihood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lederle sent their first releases to jobbers in a dozen cities across the U.S., left it to them to decide how to dole out shots. In general, first to get the vaccine would be doctors and nurses. In some areas, the police had next priority. There was little likelihood that any vaccine would be available for the general, non-priority public until October, but the absence of regulations left things open for individual physicians to start slipping shots to favored patients, and for a black market in the vaccine...
...only are pre-1950 asset acquisitions immunized by law," said Bicks, "but, equally important, enforcement practicalities may move against stock or asset acquisitions consummated since then. The likelihood may well be that not too long after a merger has been consummated the assets of the merged companies may be so scrambled that effective divestiture may be unfeasible." Even if the trustbusters decide to act immediately, there are other effective blocks to quick action against a company that acquires only part of the stock of a supplier or customer. "Competitive consequences may be much more ambiguous at the time of purchase...
...forestall surprise attack, inspection of border areas from the air, of airports and missile bases by ground teams. ¶To reduce the likelihood of brush-fire wars spreading into world conflagrations, some reductions in total manpower and armaments by the major powers (e.g., U.S. and Russia to 1,700,000 men apiece), plus inspections and bans on the import and export of arms, and checks on troop movements. European nations have worried lest the U.S., by nuclear disarmament alone, might leave them defenseless against Russian superiority in "classical" arms...
There is mounting though far from conclusive evidence that 1) high amounts of cholesterol in the blood may increase the likelihood of heart attacks, and 2) the intake of unsaturated fatty acids, e.g., linoleic acid, derived mostly from vegetable oil, lowers the amount of cholesterol. With these facts in view, three pharmaceutical firms are rushing to market preparations containing such acids. All use safflower oil, which contains about 80% linoleic acid, is extracted from seeds of a thistlelike plant long grown in Africa, India, the Middle East. First marketers: San Francisco's Safflower Products Corp. (Saffola), North Chicago...
...approach does no generally do this to a significant degree. "In fact," he says, "because Harvard's education is so good, Harvard must lead the way. If by his senior year in college a man is not ready to think on his own, there is not too much likelihood that another year of courses will lead him to do so."J. PETERSEN ELDER...