Likelihood
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On the contrary, lower wages will lead to decreased spending, aggravating the depression, and further increase the
likelihood
of immigration to the US, where salaries are substantially higher.
Attempting to ram a solution down Palestinians’ throats will increase the
likelihood
of even more violence, not peace.
Given ongoing tensions with America, Iran is particularly concerned with the
likelihood
of a continuing US presence next door, as well as with America's dominant role in shaping Iraq's post-Saddam future.
In fact, even if biopharmed plants were to contaminate food crops, the
likelihood
that consumers would end up with harmful amounts of prescription drugs in their corn flakes, pasta, or tofu is very small.
Over time, however, the interest-rate premium is likely to be small, because higher capital requirements and contingent capital should significantly reduce the
likelihood
of ever reaching the triggers.
The
likelihood
that budget deficit and debt targets will be missed is rising.
This is because it ignores the dosage, failing to consider the
likelihood
of coming into contact with enough of the substance to cause actual harm.
Its rulings give credibility to chemophobic activists looking for headlines and raise the
likelihood
that substances wrongly labeled as harmful will be replaced by other products that could pose greater risks or provide fewer benefits.
Namely, the microbe increases the
likelihood
of its host rat being eaten by a cat, by reducing the rat’s natural fear of light (photophobia) and cat urine.
But what about the impact on actual development, the
likelihood
that individual citizens of poor countries will live richer, healthier, more educated lives?
That might seem crazy, especially given the
likelihood
of another round of economically crippling sanctions following the bombardment.
The index that Goldman Sachs calculates every year for around 180 countries, called a Growth Environment Score (GES), is used to monitor productivity and the
likelihood
of sustainable growth.
Even more exciting is the
likelihood
that Nigeria will not be alone at its graduation into a growth economy.
In other words, Americans overestimate upward social mobility and underestimate the
likelihood
of remaining stuck in poverty for generations.
Research by the economic historian Jared Rubin indicates that the mere presence of a printing press in a city before 1500 greatly increased the
likelihood
that the city would become Protestant by 1530.
False information on Twitter is retweeted by many more people and far more rapidly than true information, and repeating it, even in a fact-checking context, may increase an individual’s
likelihood
of accepting it as true.
But biometrics increases the
likelihood
of Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon, the dystopia of an all-seeing state.
And when paired with other data about us (financial, professional, and social), our biometrics can be fed into algorithms and used to deny us loans, health insurance, and jobs, guess our sexuality or political preferences, and predict our
likelihood
to commit crimes — entirely without our knowledge.Having a unique, unforgeable identity could be a blessing.
And when paired with other data about us (financial, professional, and social), our biometrics can be fed into algorithms and used to deny us loans, health insurance, and jobs, guess our sexuality or political preferences, and predict our
likelihood
to commit crimes — entirely without our knowledge.
If the Republicans’ threats were credible, any news that increased the
likelihood
of a problem with the debt ceiling would send Treasury bond prices down and yields up.
This scenario is buttressed by the
likelihood
that the US, the eurozone, and China will constitute the three major growth poles at that time.
He may be right, but the alternative is no military makeover, and no
likelihood
of winning a war that perhaps should not have been declared in the first place.
Given the
likelihood
that the Republicans will continue to control at least one house of Congress, Democratic President Barack Obama’s policy flexibility will probably remain severely constrained – unless, of course, the White House and Congress finally find a way to work together.
One must consider the
likelihood
that in some under-regulated US state, someone will not act responsibly and some local water supply will become contaminated.
After all, the professed economic policies of Hillary Clinton would in all
likelihood
have proved more favorable to them.
Of course, Congress could spook investors and increase the
likelihood
of a bond-market attack by failing to raise the debt ceiling in 2013.
Today, the world is organized into some 200 countries; in all likelihood, it will be in 2050 as well.
The
likelihood
of more arrests, trials, and bloodshed is a concern for many in the international community.
In all likelihood, they will become more vociferous and vituperative before they mellow, because public opinion seems to be rewarding stances and tones such as theirs.
There is still time for a substantial shift in federal spending toward high-employment (but in all
likelihood
low-value) projects to reduce unemployment before the end of 2010 – if Congress acts quickly.
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