Possibility
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Both are probably beyond the realm of
possibility.
So, while the top one-third of the population continued to do quite well, the sense of
possibility
that the vast majority of South Africans had felt at the dawn of the country’s post-apartheid democracy was disappearing.
While conveying the
possibility
of a veto, Russia’s current strategy is to delay a Security Council vote as long as possible by prompting a new fact-finding mission to Kosovo, which will most likely be followed by renewed insistence on another effort to negotiate a settlement.
The Brisbane summit will be a crucial test for Australia, the G-20, and the
possibility
of truly global policy coordination.
As a result, when the
possibility
arises that a money-market fund will be unable to pay investors in full – as happened after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 – all hell breaks loose.
As Haldane and May put it: “Excessive homogeneity within a financial system – all the banks doing the same thing – can minimize the risk for each individual bank, but maximize the
possibility
of the entire system collapsing.”
Health officials around the world should maintain their vigilance and prepare for the
possibility
that renewed control efforts will be required if SARS resurges.
But to ignore the
possibility
that some such patients are SARS cases risks the start of new outbreaks.
The
possibility
of a brighter economic future should be a prize large enough to evoke the same type of leadership through which Europe rose from the ashes of World War II.
Without fundamental change now, there is a real
possibility
of mass popular protests, and not just against Tudjman's direct heirs.
The only alternative to this bleak
possibility
seems remote today and may never be viable: a single global state in which all children are provided with the same genetic enhancements and the same opportunities for health, happiness, and success.
As part of this effort, the government is authorizing further free-trade zones, and exploring the
possibility
of free-trade ports in selected locations.
With regard to China, he has not only threatened to impose tariffs, but also raised the
possibility
that he will defy the “One China” policy that his predecessors, Republicans and Democrats alike, have respected for decades.
The
possibility
of a US nuclear strike did not stop North Korea from sinking a South Korean warship in 2010.
But the rapid run-up in equity prices also carries considerable risks – namely, the
possibility
that the financial sector will misuse the newfound liquidity to finance more speculative investment in asset bubbles, while supporting old industries with excess capacity.
If aid is thought by the people receiving it to be manipulated for political gain, it will reduce the
possibility
for international relations based on any kind of trust.
The United States needs to restore the
possibility
of achieving the American Dream for its middle class, even while it reaffirms the historically light regulation and relatively low tax burden that have allowed enterprise to flourish.
Cyber security experts rightly worry about the
possibility
of bringing an entire economy to a halt by attacking and disabling the control systems in its electrical, communication, and transportation networks.
It provides decision-makers and stakeholders insights into how to improve policies to maximize positive outcomes and reduce risks, such as the
possibility
of low rates of adoption or limited institutional capacity for effective implementation.
But ending the program creates a real
possibility
of arrest and deportation for hundreds of thousands of young people who feel themselves to be American through and through – indeed, who overwhelmingly have no memory of living in any other country.
In today's Europe they see only hints of a
possibility
– a glass far less than half full – for reform and restructuring, and are impatient at Europe's slow progress.
Without amnesty from a body such as the UN Security Council, the theoretical
possibility
that he could be prosecuted would be preserved.
For example, it will take many highly-trained and creative workers to move 3D printing from an astounding
possibility
to a practical production tool.
The
possibility
that non-state actors could acquire nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction poses an especially grave new threat.
One
possibility
is that those investing in financial markets expect economic policy to be so dysfunctional that the global economy will remain more or less in its current depressed state for perhaps a decade, or more.
A private tribunal would hear cases and issue binding rulings, with no
possibility
of appeal to any court or other democratically accountable authority.
The mere
possibility
that UN member states may settle on a new global compact is a significant development.
The FARC have not repudiated the
possibility
of seizing power by force.
Among other threats, the
possibility
that AI systems will be hacked by malign actors, or deployed by terrorists and tyrants, now looms large.
Putting aside the specific claims that Watson made in his Sunday Times interview, a genuinely difficult question remains: should scientists investigate the
possibility
of a link between race and intelligence?
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