Wall Street analysts say that Comcast will have to sweeten its bid if it is to succeed in acquiring Disney.
Mr. Rumsfeld's message was followed later in the week by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's call to NATO at its foreign ministers meeting to consider expanding its role in Iraq, a clear admission that the United States needs to internationalize its Iraq mission if it is to succeed.
But it is possible to know, even at this early juncture, that if it is to succeed, its policies must rest upon understanding and implementing a correct vision of its economic rationale.
A school, if it is to succeed, needs its share of the motivated children.
The world must be given a proper plan to follow if it is to succeed in its moral quest.
But if it is to succeed in emerging markets, its strategy and tactics will have to change.
The economic program demands an extraordinary degree of social consensus if it is to succeed, and it is about to enter its most painful phase, when widespread privatization is expected to bring higher wages for some and layoffs for others.
This needs to be addressed if it is to succeed.
DORA has to be a community-led project if it is to succeed.
But Downtown, if it is to succeed, needs thousands, not hundreds, of lofts.
