The cold calculus of the Patriots' system had spoken.

He prefers statistical proof, the cold calculus of numbers.

The war here has claimed about 2,000 American service members, but in the cold calculus of the killing, far more Iraqis have been left dead.

This, they contend, was a result not of economic mismanagement but of cold political calculus.

This cold calculus ignores the very real impact of an American withdrawal on the people we now protect.

Of course, whether those proposals will survive the cold calculus of realpolitik is an open question.

Instead there are questions that form a cold emotional calculus: How much of yourself do you give up to another?

Enough with the cold calculus of realpolitik; stop the loss of human lives now.

The point is that the cold calculus and the lock are becoming more rather than less important.

Then surely you can appreciate the cold calculus of life and death.