Both fall in love, with potentially ominous consequences.

The turn to warfare held potentially ominous consequences, coming just as the interim government completed its first month in office under its pro-American leader, Hamid Karzai, who is in New York.

Revising Opinions A more ominous consequence is that the armed forces are being drawn back into politics.

"It's a major intrusion by parties who are not involved, which could lead to ominous fiscal consequences," Mr. Levine said.

Now, however, a new economy built on tourism, real estate and recreation is encroaching on this wilderness, with ominous consequences.

The split could have even more ominous consequences than usual this year, given the urgent agenda ahead.

Mr. Arafat said that given the ominous consequences of a war, there was little choice but to avoid one.

Of more ominous consequence to the general population was the large number of decrees promulgated to "clean up" or modernize popular piety.

Perhaps most important, Tuesday's defeat has widened the crevasse between the Democratic Party's liberal wing and its conservatives, with potentially ominous consequences.

Foreigners who worry about "reunification" as an immediate and ominous consequence of the end of the Berlin wall overlook two things.