This, he insisted, would win the war.The possibility that air power would make a ground invasion of France unnecessary tantalised some American politicians right up to the Normandy landings.
But administration officials also acknowledged that the bigger worry for the United States was not who would win the elections, but the possibility that the elections — and their almost certainly messy aftermath — could ignite violence that would, at the least, complicate the planned withdrawal.
As the year progresses and if both champions win the French Open, the possibility of winning all four would be THE story in tennis and should be one of the biggest stories in sports this year.
But sources also universally agreed that the one thing that would keep him in place through 2016, if he could somehow manage to win, is the possibility of locking in a grand bargain that cuts entitlement programs and spending generally.
We studied learning in an experimental simulated environment where the possibility to win the game was exaggerated as a consequence of desirable safety behaviours (positive learning group) and effectively reduced as a consequence of undesirable (negative learning group) behaviour.
If subjects correctly reported the number of coins within a 500 ms time-window, they stood the possibility to win the equivalent money (a subset of 10 attempts were randomly selected and paid at the end).
Almost all of the chance that Mr. Romney has in the FiveThirtyEight forecast, about 16 percent to win the Electoral College, reflects this possibility.
"I think I am one of the best in the world and it is in my possibility to win the Tour de France," he said.
"We had a possibility to win the game but we weren't sharp at two set-pieces.
