For the two to have similar growth rates thus requires Japan's labour productivity, measured in terms of output per head, to rise by 2% a year faster than America's.This is highly improbable and its improbability is not lessened by vague claims that "corporate restructuring would shift resources to more productive uses".
And the goal, when it does arrive, always has an air of improbability about it, with only the faintest suggestion of a correspondence between what Cahill did in the lead-up and the ball hitting the back of the net.
The biases latent in every character, black or white, drive home the improbability of racial reconciliation in America.
It's too bad this visual key is later forgotten when Mr Grey flees commitment, one improbability follows another and the film seems to be going to pieces.Mr Spader nevertheless puts in a deft turn as Lee's reluctant Gilles de Rais, and "Secretary" is also blessed with an authentic screwball in Ms Gyllenhaal.
As Stephen Green of Standard Chartered puts it, "small NPLs are a bank's problem; big NPLs are the government's problem .Given the improbability of a hard landing in China, the swings of sentiment towards its economy are difficult to understand.
Today it is difficult to appreciate the audacity and improbability of its success.
It was then decided that the doctrine should change, given the crumbling state of the Iraqi and North Korean armed forces, the relative improbability (as it then appeared) of two simultaneous conflicts, and the emerging new threats to American security.
From a modern perspective, the improbability of the First Crusade's success is staggering.
Information theory suggests that the significance of any event can only be estimated in terms of what else might have happened; hence, its tendency to attract attention is considered a function of its statistical improbability.
However, against a Jekyll & Hyde Bengals team, it's anyone's guess as to whether they make it through – but the improbability of them reaching this stage has shown they shouldn't be counted out.
Like playing the lottery, the improbability of winning makes having a go worth it for some.
