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When the first Europeans arrived, the Indian population of North America north of Mexico was about 1 million. According to Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, some Indian sages had forecast the coming of white-skinned aliens. On his deathbed, a chief of New England's Wampanoag tribe said that strange white people would come to crowd out the Indians. As a sign, a great white whale would rise out of the witch pond. The night he died, the whale rose, just as he had predicted. Similar prophecies about predatory whites can be found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Migration | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

Hall was also unwilling to forecast theschool's future. "I don't have any predictions,"he said. "It serves a purpose: there's a need andwe're happy with that...

Author: By Gaston DE Los reyes, | Title: Manter School Endures | 11/13/1993 | See Source »

Scheir said she expects an average voter turnout, with more than 50 percent of registered voters expected at the polls if the weather is good. Today's weather forecast calls for sun and a high of around...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, | Title: Voters to Polls For City Races | 11/2/1993 | See Source »

...converting sunlight to fall far enough to pay for the cost of installing a system. "Solar is competitive now if you take the long view," says SMUD general manager Freeman. "And it's going to be highly competitive by the end of the decade." If he's right, the forecast for the industry in the 21st century is bright and sunny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Sun | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

Once scientists find the asteriods and comets, they can calculate orbits and forecast any possible impacts. The more warning we have, the easier it will be to do something about the danger...

Author: By John E. Stafford, | Title: The Revenge of Chicken Little | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

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