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Weaker economic indicators raise the likelihood of an earlier end to Fed tightening. It will encourage dollar-selling.

We are integrating landline and mobile minutes. The likelihood of going over is minimal.

We are increasing our view of the likelihood of severe hurricanes and the severity of the loss in the event of those hurricanes.

Tying voter ID requirements to the REAL ID Act is bad for voting and for privacy, ... There's scant evidence that inadequate voter ID is a factor in election fraud. And the Commission admits to concerns that voter ID requirements could disenfranchise eligible voters, adversely affect minorities, or be used to monitor voting behaviors are 'serious and legitimate.' Moreover, the REAL ID Act turns drivers' licenses into de facto national IDs by forcing states to link their DMV databases so that drivers' personal data will instantly be available to a wide range of state, local, and federal officials. Once created, history has shown that law enforcement, employers, landlords, credit agencies, mortgage brokers, and direct mailers will find a way to access, and in all likelihood abuse, those databases.

We'll likely see more cases this coming winter. It's not surprising. If there are more outbreaks, it means there is the likelihood of transmissions to humans.

We are cutting our revenue and earnings forecasts for Compaq due to a clearly slowing consumer market for PCs -- an area that has been responsible for a significant amount of the company's recent top-line growth -- the likelihood of increased pricing pressure from Dell on the corporate side, and fears related to economic uncertainty.

We agreed to reduce our proposal and make improvements to the overall package recognizing the likelihood the pilot pension plan would be terminated.

We are likely to see prices continue to fall given the lovely weather and the likelihood of rising inventories.

There is increased likelihood that China and the United States can make substantial progress or even sign an agreement during the fourth round of talks,

The question is whether it'll be a stable country, will it be a country in which a diversity of views, open transparency, women's rights are recognized. The likelihood of that remains very low.

Trade barriers do not address competitiveness problems. Barriers do not create incentives to restructure, consolidate, reform, and innovate. (Tariffs will) increase the likelihood of a prolonged economic recession through inflationary prices.

We don't know what the likelihood of that occurring is.

We work to support our partners to enhance their likelihood of success. Many partners within the network are doing quite well. When we enter these alliances we look to leverage the strength of our platform.

The data suggests that ongoing, intense earthquake activity has weakened the rock dome, increasing the likelihood of an eruption either in the form of more explosions or perhaps lava flow from the dome,

The fact that they found something else is not a concern. It's almost to be expected. When a policeman pulls you over for speeding and decides to look around your car, there's a good likelihood that if he wants to, he can find something to give you a citation for.

We have consistently argued that there is little likelihood of a rate move over the next 12 months,

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

Who's paying the million bucks? The insurance company. We've been trying for years to get the insurance industry to say to the gun industry, We won't insure you unless you have policies that will reduce the likelihood of guns falling into the wrong hands easily.

We have good earnings today, but there's just too much good economic news. We're increasing the likelihood of a rate hike in June. The data are coming in stronger than expected, so the Street is expecting another hike. The better the news, the more likely the Fed will tighten. It's a strange phenomenon that good news can be bad news.

When people feel they have nothing and are hopeless, then that actually causes an increase in the likelihood that they'll return to the life of crime,

There is a 60-percent likelihood of this scenario.

We think the recent surge in fuel prices greatly increases the likelihood of a bankruptcy filing within the next two months.

To me, the longer you sit above $60 a barrel, the greater the likelihood we'll have a push even higher, ... But just staying between $60 and $70 is very bullish for oil. It's going to make it difficult for the market to have much more than one more push upward.

There are a number of ways Opera can make money off the browser, but all that requires volume. Removing the price tag and the banner ads increases the likelihood that more people will use the browser. More eyeballs means more revenue off the browser without charging for or putting banner ads in people's faces.

To build the world we want, America will have to be involved. And the best likelihood comes when America, Britain and Europe are working together.

With equity markets closing at their lows of the day Tuesday, the likelihood is that trading may get off to weak start on Wednesday morning.

With each hour that passes the likelihood of a successful outcome diminishes.

With commodity prices up strongly, and with the likelihood of the resources boom persisting for many months to come, it is hard to see Australia escaping without the need for higher interest rates.

With one decision, Bush has made a mockery of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the likelihood that any other country in the world will take it seriously.

With the Aussies needing only to avoid defeat in the final two matches to retain the Ashes, punters reckon that they will play safe -- and that, combined with the likelihood of the weather taking a hand early on in the game, swings the balance of probabilities towards the draw as the most likely outcome.

When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial non-U.S. profits have done major transactions compared with companies that have not repatriated assets.

Every time one person gets a piece of information, the likelihood of that information being exposed grows exponentially. It's no longer two people. It's two people squared.

We see people talking about the digital Pearl Harbor from the worms and Trojans and viruses. But in all probability, there's more likelihood of what we call the 'backhoe attack' that would have more impact on a region then a Code Red, or anything we've seen so far.

We had a really strong rally, ... and there's the likelihood of seeing a significant correction through the end of October.

This was broadly expected, to say the least, ... There's very little likelihood that you can tweak this to get it to work.

We cannot hermetically seal 7,000 miles of land borders and keep out 100 percent of illegal crossers, ... But we can create such a high likelihood of interdiction that it will have a strong and unequivocal deterrent effect on those who wish to cross illegally.

You have to be careful, but having guys around is a big advantage. When you go to a competition, it's in all likelihood going to be no more competitive than your practices.

You have a 75 percent greater likelihood of being injured by moving (outside). People don't realize that, they freak out and run.

We don't think these large mergers are good for consumers. They put more utilities in fewer and fewer hands, increasing the likelihood of complex financial structures that will be less transparent and undermining the ability of state regulators to protect consumers.

We are undergoing a healthy bull market consolidation, with the likelihood there may be more pain to the downside.

Victims are often the best source of information and we would advise them to look out for their vehicles. We can suggest the sort of areas where there is a stronger likelihood of it being located.

We think that there is relatively little likelihood that Intel will raise the midpoint of its guidance.

The regulatory outcomes will probably have a large effect on the likelihood of a buyout from Optus for AAPT.

We could start construction this summer, but in all likelihood these approvals will require a good bit more time. We'll go as fast as we can.

At this point it looks like $70 is squarely in the market's sights, and people are talking about it as a done deal, ... The likelihood is that if Katrina goes into the Gulf and we don't know exactly where it will make landfall, anyone short in this market Friday afternoon will panic.

Consumers show more likelihood to adopt a device recognition solution, and therefore the implementation bodes well for positive ROI and continued use of the online channel.

Contrary to logic, people were hoping the Fed would change their bias to a neutral stance. Part of the exuberance earlier was an increased appreciation of the likelihood that we would have a president-elect before the market opens on Monday.

Edith Jones would in all likelihood trigger strong opposition.

There's so many variables in our sport. We try to minimize the likelihood of something going wrong.

I see no likelihood of that happening in my lifetime, sir.

The way it works is that you can spend forever continuing to do things. It could be this thing went wrong plus that thing went wrong and another thing went wrong. But the likelihood is extremely remote and so we sort of draw the line.

The rhetoric over the fiscal stimulus package heated up this weekend, reducing the likelihood of passage, ... In what may become a famous remark, President Bush said that Congress would 'raise taxes over my dead body.'

It was an unfortunate incident, but we feel safe. It's a village of 5000 people and, when you get 5000 people, there's a likelihood of a whole range of things happening.

Pubs now face the very real likelihood of a ban. It would serve their interests to make sure it is a comprehensive one.

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People still see the likelihood of a rate cut this year and certainly not an increase in rates. Sterling is showing some weakness.

Often, individuals make requests important only to them. If an agency wants to stonewall, the likelihood of being challenged in court is practically nil. Most people don't have the resources or the time to challenge an agency's denial in court.

Add the minus-three giveaway-takeaway, I think there's a very, very strong likelihood that you're going to lose those football games. If you're minus-three giveaway-takeaway, the chances of winning a game are down around 20 percent or something like that. You can't live that way. If you live that way, you're destined for failure.

Now, I think the likelihood of it failing on something like WMD again is very slight because everybody is aware of how we in the press blew it.

The more functionality you have, the more likelihood there is for a security vulnerability, and Windows NT just keeps building more and more functionality in there.

The money's there to do the first six items, ... There's a high degree of likelihood we'll be able to do everything on the priority list. We'll find out six months from now.

Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies will be used to carry out human rights abuses before doing business with a particular country or distributor.

Despite the likelihood of a conservative outlook, we believe better momentum in the company's growth areas could start to change the 'lack of growth' sentiment that has weighed on the stock.

Apple is, in many ways, a market unto itself. We believe there is a high likelihood that investors will overreact to this news and take down the PC names in sympathy. We would particularly view this as a buying opportunity for Gateway, and to a lesser extent, Compaq and Dell.

Apple is, in many ways, a market unto itself, ... We believe there is a high likelihood that investors will overreact to this news and take down the PC names in sympathy. We would particularly view this as a buying opportunity for Gateway, and to a lesser extent, Compaq and Dell.

A well-designed and properly fitting helmet will definitely decrease the likelihood of a head injury because it absorbs and spreads the force of the impact over a larger surface.

a two-front attack on Bush Inc. will increase the likelihood of a Bush defeat.

Bankruptcy is becoming less of a risk, due not only to the rising fare environment but also to the likelihood that we are going to see some type of wage or productivity concessions.

That's going to be a huge issue that we haven't addressed yet. In all likelihood I would frankly expect that taxes would actually probably go up for town residents, relative to city residents.

You need to challenge yourself every few years and say, 'Are we taking all the steps necessary to allow us to compete effectively? It may develop that you say, 'You know what? There's no better way to do it, so let's just leave it alone.' It's certainly easier to do that. But I think it's been good to challenge what we're doing, and I think the likelihood is we'll make some changes.

This is feedback from the field, ... There is a likelihood that (the toll) may increase.

This is smart reform that will protect and grow jobs, while significantly decreasing the likelihood airlines such as Northwest will have to transfer their pension liability to the PBGC,

This drug has a very high likelihood of success.

This definitely increases the likelihood of a restructuring.

This increases the likelihood that Zetsche will make major changes. He needs to break up all these networks that were built up over the 10 years of Schrempp. It's going to be a painful process.

This increases the likelihood of exploitation, but widespread exploitation has not been identified to date.

They're trying to minimize the likelihood of formal action against the company.

They (the veterinarians) were quite satisfied that the hunt was very humane and that there was a 98 per cent likelihood that all seals that were skinned were in fact dead before the activity took place.

Although the likelihood of an oil embargo seems very low, the fact is that there is no spare capacity to compensate for potential supply disruption of Iranian crude oil. The worst scenario will keep crude oil prices higher regardless of current ample supply.

Also, and very importantly, we think there is a high likelihood that management significantly lowers its earnings per share outlook during its analyst meeting this week, well below the current $1.28 Street consensus.

They need to line up broadcasting deals, mobilize a civic group to start marketing tickets and come up with a public-sector guarantee of ticket sales. The more certainty that can be put on the table, the more likelihood the Marlins will come.

They have convinced us that the likelihood of real progress ... is very real.

They fired missiles over Japan. What is the likelihood that they currently have a missile capable of hitting the West Coast of the United States?

You don't usually get to see a guy that looks like me be on tv as a devout Christian, in all likelihood a virgin, and completely devoid of angst. So when the reviews were coming out before the pilot aired, saying it was "Driving Miss Daisy" and "The Great White Hope," I thought it was nonsense, because it was like reading the first page of a book.

You can't in good faith do a case like this unless you have a reasonable likelihood of success.

There's a likelihood of a crash in 2007 if prices are pushed beyond justifiable levels in 2006.

There's a higher likelihood that (blood profiles) will match within your own minority population.

There's a very good likelihood we'll see the sector come back as rebuilding takes place and the economy starts to react to the huge stimulus in the pipeline.

There's a strong likelihood he'll be at camp. He has shown a lot of progress and we need to take a look at him.

There is too much H5N1 virus in very close contact with humans in this region. We need, in a painstaking and careful way, to reduce the opportunities for this virus to be jumping across into the human population. That will in turn reduce the likelihood of a major pandemic.

There was a lot of panic yesterday as we all thought about the worst possible scenarios. The likelihood is that the worst won't occur.

As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly on what might be viewed as partisan or difficult issues, diminishes.

As much as we are making good progress -- and we are -- the toughest fighting could lie ahead. The likelihood that they might use chemical weapons is in front of us now. We are not underestimating how tough it could be going forward.

The more we don't hear from him, the more time passes, there's the likelihood that he is probably dead or seriously wounded somewhere.

A combination of strong U.S. economic fundamentals and mixed signals from European Central Bank officials with regard to the likelihood of intervention, paved the way for the dollar to extend this week's rally.

It was definitively proven that these very companies had knowingly been cheating on oil for years, if not decades. To ignore the likelihood that the same thing is happening on the gas side is absurd.

It's a good number for the economy. Labor markets are improving, and that increases the likelihood that the economy will remain strong.

It's all the more intriguing given the likelihood that Justice O'Connor won't be sitting in the case.

It's theoretically possible that it could change ... but the likelihood that he'll change his mind is extraordinarily small.

It's always a tricky race to call with the tactics. This race has been different every year. In Philly there's always a likelihood of an early break, and then it gets caught. It's pretty typical. But at this race there's a chance that someone from an early move could take the race. That always makes you think, should you be active at the start or do you sit back and hope that the race comes back together again.