Word: predict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kaufmann said he could not predict whether the increased heating costs will affect tuition...
...have a few feet of snow in our driveways, we should not start worrying about an Ice Age." Among scientists who fear that significant worldwide climatic changes have already begun, there are those who believe that another Ice Age is not far ahead-as well as others who predict that a potentially devastating warming trend may occur...
Major Michael Birch, a Pentagon spokesman, said yesterday that Carter will probably announce his choice in the near future, but said he could not predict exactly when that announcement will take place...
...Phase Two. Refining their data, experts predict in August 1978 that there is a 50% probability of a 7 or greater quake occurring in the fall of 1980. New earthquake insurance policies become unavailable in the "target" area. Construction projects are held up and unemployment in the building trades approaches 80%. People cut back on spending and put more money into savings accounts. Many consider moving out of the area; by the fall, 8% have done...
There was no way to be sure the vaccine would be safe. Vaccines are dangerous. Just as no one can predict how they will work, so no one can be sure they will cause no harm. To meet the fall deadline, manufacturers rushed through the required process of testing first in animals, then in small groups of humans, and finally in larger groups. There was no time to study long-term effects; the government recommended the vaccine to pregnant women, for instance, after less than nine months of testing. Parke-Davis manufactured and had to discard over 1.5 million defective...