When such aspirations seem plausible, the system gains added democratic support.

Is this plausible?

It sounded plausible.

That said, a scenario in which the Muslim Brotherhood usurps the revolution does not seem plausible, if only because this might lead another strongman on horseback to take over.

It may seem plausible that a domestic retreat could be justified by a contracting range of opportunities in foreign markets, rather than by a desire to stabilize domestic economies.

That assumption appeared plausible.

This is not plausible.

There are plenty of plausible explanations.

But the link certainly is plausible.

But psychology also matters in speculative markets, and perhaps that image of the Greenland ice disappearing makes it seem all too plausible that everything else land, water, even fresh air is running out too.

Here, the plausible passengers are southern European firms.

The association may be spurious, but is plausible.

There are plausible reasons for enacting such a law.

That vision is more plausible than one might think.

But Syria s fragmentation is not the only plausible scenario.

Don't buy it. Perfectly plausible story is slowly emerging.

Thatcherism emerged as the most plausible alternative to state socialism.

This is now, and the idea looks a lot less plausible.

How plausible is this argument? Can benign regulation really be bought?

It is entirely plausible that Thaksin did help finance the protest.

Today there are two plausible ways to proceed against a deposed tyrant.

The 1929 crash had no obvious cause, but two very plausible solutions.

Each of the world s major central banks can make plausible arguments for caution.

Surely, a similar restructuring is the most plausible scenario in Europe as well.

So, here is the problem there isn t a plausible driver of a dramatic recovery.

Going through the same material as Alesina had, its authors pointed out that while it is plausible to conjecture that confidence effects have been at play in our sample of consolidations, during downturns they do not seem to have ever been strong enough to make the consolidations expansionary.

But is it plausible to raise taxes in the face of such sustained low growth?

The only plausible cause is the ever warmer tropical seas on which such storms thrive.

But the Chinese have another argument up their sleeve, which seems more plausible (and more modern).

That leads to a second and more plausible explanation, which is psychological and behavioral in character.

But, as plausible as this line of reasoning may sound, the historical evidence repeatedly refutes it.

Similarly, the fact that the complainant spent seven months at his father's second home, then two months at his uncle's home without being troubled by the police when the police were supposed to be searching for him for blasphemy, particularly after he had escaped from a police station, does not seem plausible.

It is rare in history that such widely different but plausible paths stem from a common point.

The only plausible explanation is that tailor made derivatives can facilitate tax avoidance and manipulation of earnings.

Both President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair urgently need a plausible exit strategy from Iraq.

Over a quarter century ago, I showed that, under plausible conditions, trade liberalization could make everyone worse off.

This doesn't seem normal.

Sami didn't seem happy.

Journalists seem especially ignorant.

Yet Americans seem discouraged.

This may seem surprising.

This may seem unfair.

That seem to never

EDMONTON Calm discussion of the environment nowadays is about as plausible as reasoned dialogue on witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.

In the absence of plausible alternatives, one hopes that this will also be the case for Israelis and Palestinians.