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• n  an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
• n  a setting for a work of art or literature
  the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror
• n  a postulated sequence of possible events
  planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack

• Most of Sieber's scenarios focused on the Olympic Village, the Games' symbolic global community; one that did not a jet hired by a Swedish right-wing group crashes into a .
• That's because two different scenarios are used to stress test the balance sheets of financial institutions: baseline and adverse scenario.
• The scenario facing the Pacific Command (PACOM) posits that Kim Jong Il dies in 2016 and is replaced by a new leader who resumes the processing of uranium for the countries' long .

News & Articles

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• Gunman scenario helps prepare Shelby County cops, school personnel
  View full sizeLaw enforcement members participate in a training scenario involving a gunman at Valley Intermediate School in Pelham as part of exercises to prepare for real-life situations by the Shelby County School District. (Photo provided) PELHAM, Alabama --...
  June 11, 2013 - Birmingham News
• Preparing for any kind of scenario
  ROCHESTER, MN — They fight more than just fires and crews in our area are preparing for whatever they may face. The Rochester Fire Department went to an area water tower and practiced a rescue scenario for a person painting a water tower.
  June 11, 2013 - KIMT Mason City
• Best and worst-case scenario: Texas Tech
  Time for the next in our series on the best and worst-case scenarios for each team in the Big 12. With a good amount of returning talent but a new coaching staff, Texas Tech will be tough to project. I've got them seventh in my power rankings right now, but here's how I project the Red Raiders' floor and ceiling. Other best and worst-case scenarios. Best-case scenario LUBBOCK, Texas -- The ...
  June 11, 2013 - ESPN Blogs

Quotes

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• President Bush in International Herald Tribune
  Bush said that "to step back now would force a collapse of the Iraqi government. ...... Such a scenario would result in our troops being forced to stay in Iraq even longer and confront an enemy that is even more lethal."
• John McCain in USA Today
  I think these battleground states have now closed up, almost all of them, and I believe there's a good scenario where we can win,McCain told CBS' The Early Show in an interview broadcast as the day's first voters stood in early-morning lines.