Word: predictably
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...global epidemic of aerophobia growing out of last year's Persian Gulf conflict, U.S. airlines have lost more than $6 billion since 1990. American has been no exception: its parent company, AMR, has lost a combined $279 million in the past two years. All that has led Crandall to predict that the number of major carriers will continue to shrink. Says he: "I think there is probably some consolidation left to happen...
...think it should be a very good game," Coach Carole Kleinfelder said. "I predict a close game. Our goalies are about the same-but I think we have a little more speed...
...revolutionize health care. Biochemist William Pryor, director of the Biodynamics Institute at Louisiana State University, foresees screening people through a simple urine, blood or breath test to assess how much damage free radicals have done to tissue, much as patients today are screened for high cholesterol. "If you can predict who is most susceptible to oxidative stress," notes Pryor, "you can treat them with antioxidants more effectively." Ultimately, says biochemist Bruce Ames at the University of California, Berkeley, "we're going to be able to get people to live a lot longer than anyone thinks...
...have been building for years and will take years to dispel. "The restructuring of corporations, heavy debt loads and the perceived lack of leadership have been bothering the consumer, and a lot of this hasn't changed much yet," says Donald Ratajczak, an economist at Georgia State. Forecasters thus predict an anemic 1.5% growth rate for 1992, far below the robust 5.5% average for the first year of past turnarounds. Such sluggishness would scarcely reduce unemployment, which stands at 7.3% and could climb even higher as the Pentagon demobilizes the armed forces and slashes military contracts...
...capacity as a film critic I am contacted by motion-picture companies . . . to take an early look at sometimes a rough cut of a motion picture they are planning to release and to give them an advance indication of what my reaction would be and to attempt to predict how that motion picture will perform with the mass audience...