But with a plausible devolution offer on the table, and a bit more international pressure, there would be just a glimmer of hope.
One of the most plausible explanations, offered by an Afghan commander, was that Mr. bin Laden and several hundred Qaeda fighters were smuggled out of Tora Bora by forces loyal to Yunis Khalis, the leader of a radical Islamic group called Hezb-i-Islami.
The data imputation command in Mplus makes it possible to use all five plausible values offered for each student in the same computation, which renders appropriate standard errors and χ2 estimates (Muthén 2013).
Everyone could offer plausible stories about uncertainty, but those with the negotiation and implementation experience in similar deals offered the most plausible stories".
Big French banks may offer plausible arguments for why their capital cushions are sufficiently plump to withstand more than a Greek default, but markets have moved on.
The point of this excessive legalese and bureaucratic euphemism is twofold: to muddy descriptions of what the American military is actually doing and to offer plausible deniability about future combat plans.
The business of the play is to offer plausible versions of these great, embattled, devious figures - to give us some idea of what is going on in their heads.
