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It is only six weeks until the next meeting. I doubt they will have to go between meetings. There is the probability of at least a (0.25 point) cut and more likely a (0.5 point) cut in June.

Carol Stone

Historically, spikes in energy prices are followed by a recession. The possibility (of a recession) is there; the probability is less than 50 percent, but it's there.

Ross Gittell

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

Joseph Butler

If consumer spending falls, the probability of the economy slipping back into recession is very high.

Scott Hoyt

The market is factoring in a higher probability of a pause now but it's absolutely too soon to tell, ... By September 20, it may appear to be prudent to pause but the Fed will make the decision then depending on the severity of the economic damage.

Tom Higgins

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell, fertilized in a bolt of lightning as the earth cooled.

Lewis Thomas

We can expect more from our students both academically and behaviorally if we increase the difficulty level of the curriculum, ... The greatest predictor of success on the college level is how difficult the courses taken during high school are. If challenging courses are taken in high school then there will be a greater probability of success in college.

Paul Fitzgerald

While we do not believe that the probability of a strike is as high as 50 percent, we do believe that it could be significant.

Lloyd O'carroll

All of these odds are from one-and-a-half to twice as high as the annual odds during the past century. This means there is an extremely high probability that 2006 will turn out to be another very challenging year.

Gregory Heidrich

The matter will be discussed. I don't want to say a decision about the Spears will be taken, but I doubt it. In all probability, a decision will not be taken now because we must first visit the Spears.

Johan Prinsloo

Northrop Grumman remains fully committed to proceeding forward as we believe our offer is clearly superior and does not create a monopoly, and therefore has a greater probability of gaining regulatory approval.

Randy Belote

The older you get, the greater the probability that you would not only have serious complications, but you would actually die.

Anthony S. Fauci

We continue to believe the probability is very low that either Philip Morris or Reynolds American buys UST.

Bonnie Herzog

We'll see larger differences the older kids get. The new tests put more emphasis on probability and statistics with 11th graders. Previously most of the emphasis was on algebra and geometry. What changes is more of the emphasis.

Joe Stangler

Thus, there is a high probability that the new parliament, rather than being a venue for discussing development goals, will be an overheated venue for anti-Karzai criticism.

Ahmed Rashid

The worst news on UK inflation is yet to come. The probability of a further rate cut is clearly reducing.

Alan Clarke

Clearly, as a betting man, I would have to say the probability of a recession has gone up significantly.

Sung Won Sohn

Anybody who owned General Motors for the dividend had to recognize there was a high probability the dividend would be cut. The important thing at General Motors is not the dividend. The important thing is they make money again.

Don Hodges

The overall reliability of the criminal background check, the way it's done today, is suspect. It's better than nothing, but the probability of not finding a criminal conviction is pretty high.

Don Osterberg

Congress can address that dilemma, or growing probability of AMT exposure, by passing legislation that retroactively reduces that bite, and it would probably be as simple as maintaining or increasing the exemption amount.

John Nersesian

Complications are extremely rare. The probability of a fire is 1 in 2.5 million. But you still need to talk about it.

Dr. Giuseppina Feingold

These findings may have wide implications for preventive healthcare. If an individual adopts an active lifestyle in youth, at midlife, this may increase their probability of enjoying both physically and cognitively vital years later in life.

Dr Miia Kivipelto

They have the highest probability of mixing with birds that are coming from England, across Greenland, to the eastern Canadian Arctic or from Russia into Alaska.

Joe Johnson

Advances in probability theory, computer science, the concept of information, molecular biology and the philosophy of science.

William Dembski

Our previous view ascribed a 50 percent to 60 percent probability to a Delta Chapter 11 filing. We now think it's 80 percent to 90 percent, primarily to the recent surge in oil prices north of $60 a barrel.

Michael Linenberg

On the fringes of the market, there is beginning to be some talk of the possibility that the Bank of Japan intervenes to sell U.S. dollars. While possible, the probability seems low at the present.

Marc Chandler

We can price for the probability of certain events. But we can't price for what amounts to political risk.

Bob Hartwig

If we can reduce the presence of the virus, we will reduce the probability of a human pandemic.

Bernard Vallat

We expect maybe 50 basis points of Fed fund increases between now and December. The market is pricing in 100 percent probability of that happening.

Larry Jones

There's a high chance of a rate hike in March and the probability of another move the following month is growing, because the euro-zone economy is getting better. The euro could be a choice buy in the medium-term.

Xinyi Lu

Monetary policy aimed at either fending off a low-probability occurrence of high core inflation or at curing a debt binge [in Canada] will run a greater risk of choking off consumption growth than in the U.S..

Andrew Pyle

The probability that there are still victims underneath is very, very low.

Kazimierz Krzowski

If we're to be honest, ... there's a good probability that Mr. Lieu will serve out his terms in the Assembly.

Bob Holmes

What was the chance someone would put a g-switch in backward and not be discovered, ... It has got to be a low probability event.

Donald Brownlee

We cannot afford to lose anything, and the probability of that happening with four copies is minute.

Richard Boulderstone

It seems in all probability that we're heading for a grand coalition.

Guido Westerwelle

Eliminates the probability that excluding competition was a reason for the modification.

James Ware

Maybe there is some kind of zone where there may be people, but the probability of this is very small.

Mayor Yuri Luzhkov

He is very likely a witness to the crime. There's a high probability that he saw something.

Trish Routte

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Abraham Lincoln

There's a high chance for a rate hike in March and the probability for another move the following month is growing, because the euro-zone economy is getting better. The euro could be the choice to buy on a medium-term perspective.

Xinyi Lu

We currently rate the probability of a rise within three to six months as around a 25% chance.

David De Garis

It would, if carried out, create a Virtual America, an America based upon a sampling, an imputation, a probability, a likelihood.

David Murray

Microsoft would think twice about spending more than $20 billion. The probability of a deal happening is low.

Brendan Barnicle

There is a high probability for quite a bit of frost Tuesday, especially in wind-sheltered areas.

Tony Cristaldi

There's a place where I want to drop my bombs and there's a place where I don't want to drop my bombs. and where I want to drop those bombs is based on probability of where cancer may lie.

Brian Butler

When low-income students are saddled with debt and have a low probability of completion, they end up worse off than if they hadn't attended college at all. You end up in a very difficult situation to get out of -- ever.

Robert Shireman

I think that's more of a topping action, the probability that looking forward through the year it will be on the down side.

Gerald Vincent

Historical records and the law of averages indicate the probability of seeing two consecutive years like 2004 and 2005 is very low.

Philip Klotzbach

Statistically the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you would think the mere possibility of existence would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.

Lewis Thomas

We are not aware of any indicators that point to any increased probability of wet conditions.

Derek Winstanley

It appears that the work behind this project has been well done, ... There are no guarantees in life. What we do know is with well designed projects... there is a high probability people will use (rail).

William Millar

Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low.

Christin Armacost

They basically ask their engineers to volunteer some probability figures, then they take the average. This is not science. This is voodoo.

Michio Kaku

There's a high chance of a rate hike in March, and the probability of another move the following month is growing because the euro-zone economy is getting better. The euro could be a choice buy in the medium-term.

Xinyi Lu

There's obviously a mathematical probability that there is a male cadet who in fact did assault a female and got commissioned, and if we can find out who that is we'll have to see what our legal basis is to take action, ... We don't want that kind of person in our Air Force. That's why we're doing what we're doing.

James Roche

There is a high probability that some legal action will be pursued. Perhaps a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation and then broader legal action after that.

Brad Woodhouse

There's a probability that she's here, ... What we want to do is eliminate this area as a possibility.

Brian Gray

At certain markers on the Y chromosome, if it matches the Genghis Khan pattern, then on the balance of probability you are descended from the Great Khan.

David Ashworth

Information: the negative reciprocal value of probability.

Claude Shannon

The probability of a moratorium is fairly high. We've made concrete proposals that the county is not accepting.

Scott Worley

The laws of probability can catch up with you.

Ronald Bishop

The organizers of this bank are sophisticated, so they have a higher probability of success than most.

John Carusone

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

B. F. Skinner

If an individual adopts an active lifestyle in youth and at midlife, this may increase their probability of enjoying both physically and cognitively vital years later in life.

Dr Miia Kivipelto

Fed officials ... likely anticipated some fallout in fixed income markets. We believe ... that Fed officials wanted to signal a greater probability of tightening in 2004 than had been priced into markets.

Maury Harris

Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.

Hans Bender

While the report does not make it a certainty, it increases the probability that the Fed will leave policy unchanged.

Gary Schlossberg

Our leading indicator - the one that's never lied to us like the politicians - suggests only 23 percent probability of recession over the next 12 months, that's very low.

David Littman

For us, it's a big deal. We just doubled our probability of succeeding.

Phil Christensen

The probability of a large and damaging earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 30 years is 70 percent, and that has an uncertainty of plus or minus 10 percent.

David Schwartz

In all probability at least for the next two or three years we will not have a constitution. That ... should not be a source of paralysis for Europe.

Jose Manuel Barroso

There is no chaos. There is no probability, zero, for a coup.

Ayman Abdel Nour

There is a high probability of further disruptions in Nigeria as we haven't seen the end of the attacks. The big problem is that going into the driving season, Nigerian refined crude is important for the US market, and if there are further disruptions, we are going to get a pop in crude prices.

Tony Nunan

In China, we stress a portfolio focused on domestic stocks and certain market leading consumer stocks in industries where there has been consolidation. Banks are also interesting, with good credit growth, the probability for increased fee income and implementations of cost cutting measures. Valuations may not be cheap but still appear attractive.

Malcolm Wood

There is little probability that the trade surplus this year will exceed the 2005 level.

Li Yushi

I wouldn't worry about actually getting where I'm going, but I would count on there being a fairly high probability of my getting there later than anticipated.

Tim Winship

At the end of the game, one team will have won and the other will have lost. Thus even a decision-maker who faces a large cost of losing should maximize the probability of winning.

David Romer

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

George Boole

As growth gathers momentum, companies are regaining some of their lost pricing power. This increases the probability of greater pass-through of past oil shocks to non-energy prices.

Luigi Speranza

Even if 99 percent of international air were stopped, every country would in all probability still be infected. Even if 99.9 percent of travel were stopped, very few cities would escape the pandemic.

Ben Cooper

Judging by market rates, there is a 70 percent probability of a rate cut by March.

Andrew Chaveriat

Oil company profiteering, not increased production costs, are the cause of the price spikes at the gasoline pump. Hurricane Katrina will only increase the probability of profiteering.

Jamie Court

We have a good probability that pay will actually increase based on increased disclosure. To keep up with the Joneses, there will be some increases that are required.

Dan Wetzel

There is high probability that it was suicide attack because we were on very high alert.

Rauf Siddiqui

Whatever the probability was for a stay of the injunction, it just got a lot higher.

Barry Richards

The probability of a moratorium is fairly high.

Scott Worley

I would think the probability of a move (on interest rates) would be somewhere around the 40 percent range.

Oscar Gonzalez

The probability of a bankruptcy became more likely after the court ruling in Delaware last week.

Dot Matthews

The probability of VCs investing in a start-up is far less likely than it was in 1999. And that's bad news for entrepreneurs.

Josh Lerner

It's far easier to deny an appeal if it's just a letter, or an email. It's always a roll of the dice, but in person, the probability of success is much greater.

Carl Buck

A snap election is a very high probability. It will be a case of winner-takes-it-all. His party can expect to do well.

Dharmalingam Sidhathan

At present there is a probability of just under 70 percent of the Fed raising interest rates to 5.0 percent by May.

Gavin Friend

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

Andy Rooney

The more standing water you have, the greater the probability for mosquito populations to develop.

Vicki Kramer

Five-year notes are a better bet as they have priced in a reduction of the money in the banking system. Long bonds have yet to fully price in the probability that the Bank of Japan will end the current easing policy.

Jun Ishii

The (job) numbers were very good for the market. They reduce the probability that the Fed will tighten aggressively.

Richard Gilhooly

Fed officials ... likely anticipated some fallout in fixed income markets, ... We believe ... that Fed officials wanted to signal a greater probability of tightening in 2004 than had been priced into markets.

Ethan Harris

It's not what you know, it's which high probability words you know.

Evan Cohen

The probability is going up that there's going to be some kind of transaction involving Knight Ridder.

Ed Atorino