Word: predictably
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Brown's Democrats, who control both houses, predict other dire consequences: a brain drain that is bound to deter the best and brightest from working in the statehouse, and a weakening of the legislature as it confronts some of its own ex-staffers now in the ranks of special-interest lobbies. One surviving expert, respected Democratic economist Steven Thompson, 49, predicts that when the term limits start taking effect in 1996, the legislative branch could even suffer constitutionally. Reason: the inexperience of rotating members will prevent it from holding up its end of the checks-and-balances system. So vehement...
...Fitzsimmons added that he is not surprised that Harvard has fared better than national demographics might predict. "With the economic downturn, colleges that are well-known and that have strong financial aid programs will usually hold their own," he said...
...situations are not analogous, except in one sense: the consequences of military action are unpredictable. I learned this as Secretary time after time after time: we did certain things we thought would lead to certain results, and the results were different. The Soviets have learned the same thing. Nobody predicted at any particular point in the 1960s the evolution of events in Vietnam. And I think what Powell and Schwarzkopf and the Marine generals have said here, and said very responsibly, is "We can predict the outcome but not the blood costs, particularly; we know...
Such an increase in older faculty could lead to substantial policy changes, some administrators predict--policies which some say would throw the security of tenure into question. For instance, Harvard may institute a plan that asks scholars to review their colleagues, to judge whether they are remaining productive...
...which Hannibal in 216 crushed the forces of Rome. "It was the first real war of annihilation, the kind Norman wanted to fight." He desperately wanted to lead his country's forces into a major battle. "We'd talk about these things in the wee hours, and Norman would predict not only that he would lead a major American army into combat, but that it would be a battle decisive to the nation...