Word: likelihood
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...Pentagon to cut as much as $180 billion from its projected spending plans through 1995, Cheney indicated that Washington is ready to make deeper cuts in military expenditures -- and by extension, in U.S. troops stationed in Europe -- than it had previously contemplated. Said Cheney: "It's clear that the likelihood of all-out conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, is probably lower now than it's been at just about any time since the end of World...
...consequences of reunification today could be no less devastating. Most importantly, reunification would destabilize superpower relations and increase the likelihood of World...
...knowledgeable staff that have brought on such robust health. Variety of stock is another major factor. For example, a reader can find John Irving's latest novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany, among the 15,000 or so titles typically carried by a chain store, but in all likelihood will not locate Irving's earlier books. Chain stores need fast turnover; they have little space for backlisted books. By contrast, a shop like Manhattan's Shakespeare & Co., which carries 64,000 titles, will stock practically the entire Irving oeuvre...
...past, the Defense Department has used its annual threat assessment to present the latest scary examples of Soviet high-tech weaponry. This year's version features a cover photo of Soviet soldiers in retreat from Afghanistan under the headline "Prospects for Change." The report concludes, "Today the likelihood of conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is perhaps as low as it has been at any time in the postwar era." Admiral William Crowe, who retired last week as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, agrees. "Every parameter of the strategic environment," says he, "is in transition...
Solidarity lawmaker Henryk Wujec, the first opposition lawmaker to respond to the proposal of Malinowski to lead a government, called it "an idiotic move" and in all likelihood unacceptable to Walesa...