Word: predict
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Those close to him already predict that the first item on the agenda of his administration will be a strong act of leadership, probably in the sphere of foreign affairs. This will be aimed to answer the most pressing current political question: Who is to be master in Washington, Dewey or the Old Guard...
Sleep & Steak. If Notre Dame were starting the season against Spearfish Normal, Leahy would probably predict victory for Spearfish. But for once, this coachly gloom seemed to have some slight justification. Notre Dame's 1947 All-America Quarterback Johnny Lujack had graduated; the departure of Ziggie Czarobski and All-America George Connor had left holes at both tackles. (Gritted Leahy: "You can't lose boys like that without having to start over.") And Purdue's 1948 Boilermakers, though still the underdogs, were a long gasp from an opening-game breather. To many experts, they looked like...
...Largely Ritualistic." Roper was so sure of his prediction* that he was not even planning to report his running campaign forecast. Said he: "This is not a hare and tortoise race, and neither is it a race between two closely matched thoroughbreds ; it is a very ordinary horse race -a race in which one horse already has a commanding lead . . . My whole inclination is to predict the election of Thomas E. Dewey by a heavy margin and devote my time and efforts to other things...
...Communist Party, it is running a presidential ticket for the first time. In 1941, Dobbs, Mrs. Carlson and 16 other party members were convicted and sent to jail for conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the Government. They do not really advocate such rebellion, says Mrs. Carlson, "but we predict it." They consider Wallace "a millionaire demagogue...
...serve above it. The behavior of an airframe in the transonic region is still a frightening unknown. But designers are working hard and hopefully. They are sure that by the time they have the proper airframe, they will have engines with plenty of power for the job. Engine men predict confidently that turbojet engines will work efficiently at least as high as Mach 1.5 (1,145 m.p.h...