Word: predict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deportations." Hispanic leaders want general amnesty for all illegal aliens-or at least the right for those who obtain the five-year work permits to apply for citizenship. Carter aides, however, foresee no roundup at the end of the period, which would begin with passage of the bill. They predict further legislation that might allow those with work permits to remain indefinitely...
...optimist might think that Rosovsky's black ink hints of an end to rising tuition, room and board fees, but it's probably wiser to take a more cynical view. Although officials predict the rate of increases will slow down, no one sees an end to the yearly price hikes...
...reporter. Last week matters between the Wallaces deteriorated even further. After almost seven years of marriage, Cornelia packed up her belongings and announced that she could "no longer endure the vulgarity, threats and abuse." No formal action has yet been taken, but if the case goes to court, friends predict, the fur will...
...woman, admitted to the hospital with severe burns covering 95% of her body, asks a doctor if she is going to die. The physician replies carefully that although he cannot predict the future, survival in cases like hers is unprecedented. Does the woman want ordinary medical care or maximum-effort treatment, involving the use of life-prolonging machines? She chooses the ordinary care, consisting basically of painkillers and intravenous fluids, and dies quietly within hours...
Sociobiology is obviously valid: in the proper hands, it could predict much with alarming accuracy...