And backing down now would be nearly a worst-case outcome.

Economists say even the worst-case outcome will not have much impact on the overall national economy.

A member of the Finance Committee's staff called the plan a compromise between offering immediate aid to the elderly and an insurance plan aimed at worst-case outcomes.

The worst-case outcome, said Dr. Robert A. Eisenstein, head of the agency's physics division, "would do great damage," adding:.

Sludic accepted the weapon with a slight bow and his relief showed he too had been considering the worst-case outcome.

It is revealed in the text that there were in fact three sets of results from the simulation; a best-, intermediate- and worst-case outcome.

Is not Sept. 11 a compelling reminder that the steadfast vigilance exercised by our leaders for a half-century of cold war is wiser than rushing toward a worst-case outcome?

In decision theory and game theory, Wald's maximin model is a non-probabilistic decision-making model according to which decisions are ranked on the basis of their worst-case outcomes.

Even plausible worst-case outcomes shouldn't be nervous-making.

Yet suddenly they have concluded that the ride is too risky, in part because the worst-case outcome, though unlikely, would be catastrophic.