Word: predicting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...negotiating a joint venture and minority stake in the successful but cash-strapped British carmaker. Now analysts expect that GM may be forced to try to buy the firm outright to prevent Ford from making a hostile raid. Should the battle between the two U.S. giants become heated, analysts predict, Jaguar shares currently valued at $2 billion might fetch as much as $2.9 billion...
...spot was no surprise: it lay on the San Andreas fault, a great gash in the earth that extends nearly the length of the California coast. Even before the quake, the Santa Cruz area had been identified as a prime candidate for a big tremor. "We still can't predict when an earthquake will occur," says geologist Clarence Allen of the California Institute of Technology, "but at least we can say where an earthquake is most likely...
Weissbecker said it was too early to predict any increase for next year...
...streets last Monday, three party secretaries signed a declaration promoting a more open dialogue. In Dresden party functionaries met with 20 opposition representatives. Encouraging as these moves may be, there is always the possibility of a reversal. If the state decides to clamp down, it is hard to predict whether the opposition forces will turn out to be marathoners, like the Poles, or easily winded sprinters, like the Panamanians...
...common pathway by which all cancers seem to evolve. Observed Bishop: "We have the seeds of cancer in our own genetic dowry." Since then researchers have identified more than 40 slightly altered genes that cause cancer in humans. These discoveries will make it easier for doctors to diagnose and predict the occurrence of cancer...