The last five chief economists of the IMF — Kenneth Rogoff, Raghuram Rajan, Simon Johnson, Olivier Blanchard, and Maurice Obstfeld — all received their doctorates at the Institute, a fact Lagarde termed "remarkable". From the IMF's point of view, she quipped, MIT could virtually be regarded as "our alma mater," too.
Bird says it was more challenging when her children were younger, but setting up her main business so it could virtually run without her has been hugely beneficial.
What might happen on Sept. 11 a hundred years from now? "It's conceivable that it could be virtually forgotten," said Dr. Bodnar, the history professor.
Each case — a collapse of house prices and a cascade of problems threatening a large release of radiation — was viewed as so improbable that it could be virtually ignored in considering risks.
In fact it could be virtually free — if Congressional Democrats succeed in lifting export controls that classify satellite technology as weapons and have handicapped American manufacturers since the last days of the Clinton administration.
However, with only one shell casing from one.223 bullet, a type of ammunition commonly used for deer hunting, it could be virtually impossible for investigators to find traces of the killer's identity through purchase records, several ballistics experts said.
Given the virtually infinite malleability of software code, software upgrades and new application features, such as Web browsers, could virtually always be configured so as to be capable of separate and subsequent installation by an immediate licensee or end user.
So strong is this feeling that on Friday 449 of the 450 members of the Duma voted to amend the law on high treason to make it easier to apply — so much easier, in fact, that it could be used against virtually anyone who is politically active or outspoken in the media.
It could be launched from virtually anywhere in the world, as long as the runway could accommodate Stratolaunch's size.
His words could virtually have been cut and pasted from Letwin's 1985 paper.
In just a year the stream bed has risen three feet, Mr. Burrell said, and in a couple more years it could be entirely restored at virtually no cost.
