Mr Obama is edging closer to appointing the rest of his national security team, too, with Hillary Clinton as probable secretary of state (see Lexington) and James Jones as probable national security adviser.
Meanwhile, Mr Bush tried to consolidate his probable position as president-elect.
Researchers had raised concerns that previous classification rules forced the ONS to record probable suicides as accidents, rather than allowing for the classification of intentional self-harm.
Mr Clark's probable replacement as head of a revamped Cabinet Office was thought to be Peter Mandelson, the prime minister's fixer, who has been notably unenthusiastic about the freedom of information bill.
He even named Bet-El and Shiloh, two long-established settlements, as probable candidates for removal.
Nepal's Maoists emerged as probable winners of an election to an assembly charged with drafting a constitution.
Certainly, product categories such as refrigerators or even smartphones have achieved even deeper penetration, but looking at single companies, it's a short list with probable names such as GE (light bulbs) or 3M (Scotch tape).
The International Agency for Cancer Research has previously identified working shift patterns that disrupt the body's natural "clock" as a probable cause of cancer.
Of these four, two have been highlighted as the probable annointees: Saeed Jalili, the current head of the National Security Council, and Mohammad Ghalibaf, the mayor of Tehran.
Peter Clarke, who heads the anti-terrorism branch of the metropolitan police, announced at a news conference that police had identified four men as the probable bombers.
Less probable, but just as irrelevant, is the assertion that East Timor, which is desperately poor and produces little of international value other than coffee, would not be a viable country.
Fred Thompson (R-TN) observed in the course of Senate debate yesterday, if -- as seems probable -- this deployment proves a debacle, the likely result is going to be an intensified opposition to U.S. internationalism on the part of the American people.
The LG E960 Mako -- which we've taken to calling the Nexus G but has also been referred to as the Nexus 4 -- seems to be a sure bet to make an appearance after its many leaks, and a 32GB Nexus 7 variant rates as highly probable.
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Nearly a third of all Czech, Slovak and Romanian bank loans are classified by regulators as possible or probable losses.
If, as still seems probable, Ms Rousseff wins on October 31st, she will lead a coalition that will probably have more than three-fifths of both houses, enough to change the constitution.
That view is starkly different from the portrayal of England offered by prosecutors, as well as in the probable cause affidavit that led to the arrest of him and 33-year-old Alvin Watts.
Police have identified Watts and England as white, though the probable cause affidavit released Friday noted England was a co-owner of a truck that had Cherokee Nation license plates.
Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
Last Wednesday Google announced Instant search, an impressive technical achievement that shows probable search results in real time--as you type letters into the search box.
It has since declined a small amount, although it is very probable the score will remain stable or even improve as the new ads circulate.
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And they are also concerned that the banks are not taking sufficient steps to insulate themselves from probable losses on other categories of loans, such as mortgages and corporate loans, that are likely to escalate in a Spanish recession expected to last another year or more.
With that in mind, some people reckon that, if brother George is re-elected as governor in Texas next year (probable) and becomes a candidate for president in 2000 (quite possible), the clout Jeb wields in Florida, the third-richest state in electoral votes, could deliver the White House.
The Academy Group's profile of the probable offender shares many obvious characteristics with Tommy Skakel (as well as with other leading suspects).
Looking at these trends, it seems overwhelmingly probable that we will look back on the death penalty as a shameful bit of lingering of savagery.
As the Gulf states steel themselves for a probable second year of drastically reduced oil prices, a broad consensus is emerging on what needs to be done.
If a dietary supplement is developed that successfully induces NQO1 in tumours, it is probable that it will enhance the activity of these new drugs as well.
The probable discovery added a final missing piece to the framework known as the Standard Model, which stands as the most widely accepted theory to explain how particles of matter interact.
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