Portrayed by Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (who's already had a blockbuster summer as Hawkeye in "The Avengers"), Cross is an agent with another government program called Outcome, which creates agents with medically enhanced cognitive and physical capabilities.

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A. operations Treadstone and Blackbriar threaten still another clandestine program, called Outcome, which is not run by the C.

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Eric Byer, "the mastermind of the entire franchise, " and then Rachel Weisz as Dr. Marta Shearing, a research scientist involved with the Outcome program who teams up with Cross to survive.

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Even more appalling than the steps the Clinton Administration has taken to date that would cripple the SDI program is the fact that such an outcome is precisely what the Administration intends to accomplish.

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Others contended that this was hardly a preordained outcome and that cutting a program so vital to U.S. security strictly on financial grounds rather than with due regard to the relevant strategic considerations was irresponsible and possibly reckless.

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Asked whether the outcome of the yacht incident would be linked to ongoing concerns about Iran's nuclear program, Miliband said that would not happen.

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The United States and its Western allies should proceed to finalize a program of aid and assistance that will be available to Russia provided that a 25 April referendum takes place and the outcome is a clear mandate for accelerated democratic and free market reform.

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