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Word: predicters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard to predict what the state will do next," Remes said, although Kuezler speculated that if the case is appealed to the Supreme Court, it would most likely be heard sometime next February with a decision handed down in May or June...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Court Overturns Church Liquor Veto | 7/31/1981 | See Source »

...sources within the labor unions predict that the masons will reach an agreement with local contractors and should be back on the job "within the next couple of days...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Carpenters Strike Ends; Briggs Work Continues | 7/28/1981 | See Source »

...many Washington antitrust experts, including some within the Justice Department, predict that the Government will ultimately approve a merger between Conoco and one of its suitors-even Mobil or Texaco. They point out that contrary to conventional wisdom, the oil industry is highly competitive. Under present antitrust guidelines, the Government considers an industry to be exceedingly concentrated if four or fewer firms control 75% of the market. In the oil business, the top four companies account for less than 20% of sales. By contrast, four auto firms control 70% of the market, while four steel companies have 44% of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reaching for Conoco's Riches | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...year, hospitals reported 3,669 cases related to Ts and Blues, compared with 12,785 for heroin. But in some cities-particularly New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Albany and St. Louis - the new "rig" is more prevalent than heroin. Says Lieut. Lawrence Forberg of the Chicago narcotics squad: "I predict it will possibly equal heroin usage." Since first appearing in Chicago during the mid-'70s, Ts and Blues have spread with frightening speed. John Mudri, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Detroit, began noticing the combination a little over a year ago in early 1980. Says he: "It rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cheap New Killer | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

...basically, everyone's guessing. "It is really hard to predict exactly what the effect of these measures will be; we don't know who's going to be cut, so we can't gauge the effects," Rich commented...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: They Shoot Actors, Don't They? | 7/10/1981 | See Source »

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