Word: predicting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demands constant meetings with his commanders. Not only must the mujahedin adapt their military tactics if they are to oust the government, but they must also position themselves to determine which among the main insurgent groups will predominate once the government in Kabul falls. Though it is impossible to predict which group will be the most influential, Massoud obviously intends Jamiat-i-Islami to play a key role...
...length of the basketball season makes it difficult to predict a champion. Over the course of half-a-year, injuries are bound to occur. An injury to a star player--say Michael Jordan of Chicago--quickly can make a contender an also...
Deprived of realistic road maps as to how either candidate would behave in the White House, voters were almost forced to depend on factors of character and personality to predict presidential performance. As they have through much of the campaign, both Bush and Dukakis peppered the debate with carefully chosen code words designed to camouflage their vulnerabilities. Bush, whose privileged background is alien to the life experience of most Americans, kept harping on the word values as he proclaimed that he was in tune with "the heartbeat of the country." For Dukakis, who often seems closer in spirit to Roger...
...later version of the same theme, The Coiffure, 1896, shows what a vehicle for innovation it could be: the contours of the woman and her maid are now roughed out with an almost fauve abruptness, and they emerge from a continuous orange- russet field that seems to predict Matisse's Red Studio...
Georgia's Robert Prechter, 39, had become the hottest stock guru in 1986 and '87 because of the bullish predictions in his newsletter The Elliott Wave Theorist ($233 a year). He based his forecasts on a mix of esoteric formulas and offbeat indicators like hemlines: the return of the miniskirt, he said, was a sign of a peak in the market. Prechter issued a warning on Oct. 5, advising his subscribers to sell their stocks. But he did not predict the downturn's severity, which disappointed some followers. "New business has virtually disappeared," Prechter concedes, but he is philosophical: "Going...