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31propitious weather — pleasant weather, nice weather …
32Propitiously — Propitious Pro*pi tious, a. [L. propitius, perhaps originally a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf. Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.] [1913 Webster] 1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season;… …
33Propitiousness — Propitious Pro*pi tious, a. [L. propitius, perhaps originally a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf. Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.] [1913 Webster] 1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season;… …
34propitiously — propitious ► ADJECTIVE 1) favourable. 2) archaic favourably disposed towards someone. DERIVATIVES propitiously adverb propitiousness noun …
35propitiousness — propitious ► ADJECTIVE 1) favourable. 2) archaic favourably disposed towards someone. DERIVATIVES propitiously adverb propitiousness noun …
36favorable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. auspicious, propitious, advantageous, opportune, commendatory, well inclined; affirmative. See occasion, aid. Ant., unfavorable, disadvantageous. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Winning favor] Syn.… …
37Info-gap decision theory — is a non probabilistic decision theory that seeks to optimize robustness to failure – or opportuneness for windfall – under severe uncertainty,[1][2] in particular applying sensitivity analysis of the stability radius type[3] to perturbations in… …
38auspicious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. favorable, promising, propitious; fortunate. See hope, prediction, occasion.Ant., unfavorable, inauspicious. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. promising, propitious, favorable; see hopeful 2 . See Synonym …
39favorable — favorable, benign, auspicious, propitious mean being of good omen or presaging a happy or successful outcome. Favorable implies that the persons or circumstances involved tend to assist in attaining one s ends persons by being kindly disposed or… …
40David Hemenway — is Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has a B.A. (1966) and Ph.D.(1974) from Harvard University in economics. He is the director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and the Harvard Youth Violence… …
