Possibility
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The thought of President Le Pen is so terrifying, it seems, posing such a threat to the future of Europe, that it remains for many a
possibility
they dare not entertain, much less plan for.
But that threat is precisely why Europe must address seriously the
possibility
of her winning, however unlikely it may seem.
It is certainly a
possibility
that must be considered.
No policy makers are yet considering the
possibility
that the financial crisis might turn out to be in the third mode.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia’s imposition of its preferred policies on the GCC, together with the
possibility
of sanctions on Qatar, risks jeopardizing all that the GCC (which already has fallen into political decline in the wake of the Arab Spring) has achieved over the past 33 years.
Addressing the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in January 2008, Singh foresaw the
possibility
of positive externalities for the world as a whole from the rise of China and India, owing to the new opportunities for development that they could bring, especially to other developing countries.
Breakthroughs lie at the intersection of technological
possibility
and market pull.
If the growth trend is one percentage point lower – a distinct
possibility
in an era of protracted consumption weakness – budget deficits would be a significantly higher.
The latest data hint at such a possibility, with the tertiary sector (services) expanding at an 8.3% annual rate in the first quarter of this year – the third consecutive quarter of acceleration and a half-percentage point faster than the 7.8% first-quarter gain recorded by the secondary sector (manufacturing and construction).
China is hardly immune to such a
possibility.
Given these developments, a few commentators have written recently about the
possibility
of a prolonged slowdown in industrialized countries.
One
possibility
is that the same factors that are making entrepreneurs over-cautious about new ventures are making policymakers prone to conservatism.
More dangerous is the
possibility
that political uncertainty in the run-up to the referendum will discourage foreigners from buying British assets – a major problem for a country with a large current-account deficit.
One strong
possibility
is that the president would be charged with obstructing justice – both an impeachable offense and a crime.
Not only does the Electoral College confuse predictions based on national opinion polls, but there is also the
possibility
of surprises which can lead to last-minute reversals.
For those who proclaim themselves to be champions of liberal democracy, short-circuiting that
possibility
is as irresponsible as it is hypocritical.
A more ominous
possibility
is that some, even many, of its followers could be forced underground and into extralegal activities.
Such jubilation appeared to express the
possibility
of freedom from the tyranny of a dictatorship frozen in time and place.
John Paul II hinted, daringly, at the
possibility
of revising the thousand-year old principle of the Bishop of Rome being first of the apostles and Christ’s vicar on earth.
We are blessed with the
possibility
to construct peace through a global institution that was founded to help ensure that global war would never recur.
The absurd result, however, is that citizens from EU candidate countries are subject to asylum procedures, because no
possibility
for legal immigration to the EU exists for them.
Remarkably, the European Banking Authority’s latest stress test for the eurozone’s banks does not contemplate the
possibility
of deflation in its adverse scenario.
But the
possibility
of attack was of course anticipated, and military planners determined that the only possible response was to counterattack as heavily and for as long as might be needed, until Palestinian attacks would stop, whether from exhaustion or agreement.
One is reminded of the external consternation expressed during the 2008 crisis at the
possibility
of a default on debt carrying an implicit government guarantee.
His claim that he had the “authority to wiretap anyone” has been disputed by US intelligence officials, but the
possibility
of a rogue analyst abusing his or her position is real.
For many Russians, if not most, the authority figure embodies the powers that control everything that matters in life; they support him, regardless of the policies that he implements, because there is no
possibility
of doing otherwise.
The point is that Turkey needs judicial reforms that eliminate the
possibility
of organized cliques manipulating their constitutional powers to advance their own narrow goals.
Another
possibility
would be to establish a multilateral mechanism for financing the direct legal empowerment of citizens worldwide.
Even some rightist politicians are openly troubled by this
possibility.
It is getting tough in its territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea; it is becoming assertive in the South China Sea with its neighbors, also over disputed islands; it put its own stealth fighter on display during the US defense secretary’s visit to China; it is sending its first aircraft carrier out to sea for trials, indicating the
possibility
of establishing naval bases in the Indian Ocean.
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