Word: predicters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Experts, such as CFIA Director Samuel P.Huntington, predict that the February 7 electionitself will not bring down Marcos's regime...
...Kramer was the top-grossing film of 1979: "The most interesting development of the past year was the success of the old-fashioned thriller: Witness, Prizzi's Honor, Jagged Edge. They didn't have a teenager among them. Maybe studios will begin to rethink their policies." Kaufman dares to predict "a return to movies about relationships. The mood has changed; the divorce rate is dropping. I see 40-year-old couples standing in movie lines again, for Out of Africa and The Color Purple. Remember, even studio bosses are human beings. They want to be able to tell their grandchildren...
...astonishing numbers to Aquino rallies, her campaign organizers extolled the local outpouring as "people power," an antidote for the highly organized and often unscrupulous campaign machine that has kept Marcos in office since 1965. Members of the President's ruling New Society Movement, who had heard their leader predict an 80-20 victory for himself, were shading that estimate back to 60-40. At least two senior members of Marcos' Cabinet were even more cautious, predicting only a 55-45 win for the President. Exulted Linggoy Alcuaz, an official of one of the country's myriad splinter opposition parties: "There...
HARVARD SOCIOLOGIST Daniel Bell tells of trying to drum up funding for a 50-person commission to predict how society would change by the year 2000. He appealed to and eventually received financial support from the Ford Foundation in 1964, but not before undergoing some questioning...
...Thursday--It's too early to predict, but the search for the 1986 Commencement speaker is well underway. Sources report that the following people have already turned down Harvard invitations: George Bush, George Shultz, Don Regan '40, Edwin Meese and Jeane Kirkpatrick...