Word: predictably
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Such decisions promise to make the coming decade the most difficult ever faced by America's institutions of higher learning. By the year 2000, many educators predict, the country will have leaner universities and a smaller system of higher education. But that may be appropriate. In the past 20 years, too many colleges overbuilt, too many aspired to do too much, and as a result, too many are competing frantically -- and wastefully -- for the same students. "We need more community colleges and fewer research universities," observes Duffey of American University, "and there should be more liberal- arts schools focusing...
...defendants in homicides or assaults are acquitted on the ground of mental illness. Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley's plea was accepted, but insanity claims by Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi and mass murderer John Wayne Gacy were rebuffed. Experts predict Dahmer's bid will fail as well. "There is a point at which crimes reach such a magnitude that people don't care why someone did something," observes San Diego criminal attorney John Cotsirilos...
...rather savage lottery" was all the professor could predict, amid apologies to those among the crowd who would not be allowed to take Literature and Arts...
...coming off one of its worst years ever. Sales of American-made cars plunged 12.6%, to 8.7 million, in 1991; more than 40,000 autoworkers lost their jobs, and GM announced plans to eliminate 74,000 jobs by 1995; and the Big Three rolled up financial losses that analysts predict could exceed $6 billion...
...extreme variability of gender roles in New Guinea. Psychologists are untangling the complex interplay between hormones and aggression. But the most provocative, if as yet inconclusive, discoveries of all stem from the pioneering exploration of a tiny 3-lb. universe: the human brain. In fact, some researchers predict that the confirmation of innate differences in behavior could lead to an unprecedented understanding of the mind...