Sentence examples for probability of war from inspiring English sources

Kennedy's own judgment was that the probability of war might have been as high as 50%.

I see a very low probability of war, because the U.S. is not in a position to attack us.

Instead, the outlook has worsened, economists say, as the terror attacks in neighboring Indonesia, the probability of war in Iraq and the faltering recovery in America make themselves felt.

America and Russia have pulled back from the brink, but India and Pakistan have increased the danger and the more nations that have nuclear weapons the greater the probability of war between them.

Alan Ackerman, executive vice president at Fahnestock & Company, said that despite the earnings data, some of which has been favorable, "this market is still focused on talk of war, the probability of war and the effects of war, and, much of that was exacerbated by the fatal shooting in Kuwait".

Two recent quick trips west and east revealed some surprising differences in how our allies and friends view the possibility, indeed the probability, of war against Iraq, and in how they view economic issues.

Kennedy's subjective estimate at that moment was that if he refused the Soviet premier's offer, there was a 33%to50%0% probability of nuclear war – a war that, as President Eisenhower had warned, would have destroyed the northern hemisphere.

Most Pakistanis believed that the probability of nuclear war was high.

These by-products of the armament race have neither increased nor diminished the probability of nuclear war.

There is no adequate defense against nuclear attack; the probability of nuclear war has been estimated at 2% yearly: by 2000, the chances will be about 50/50.

As long as individual states can identify themselves with explosive differences in beliefs, the probability of a war between states is increased, and its intensity is likely to be greater.