Word: predicting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former heroin addict with a long arrest sheet. Sure enough, Garrett's number came up in the million-dollar spin of the California lottery last month, guaranteeing him $40,000 a year for the next 20 years. (The state withheld $200,000 for taxes.) Garrett, however, did not predict the sorry sequel to his story...
...once again for more Jewish emigration from the U.S.S.R., reunification of families divided by the Iron Curtain, release of other Soviet dissidents besides Orlov, and less internal repression generally. American experts concede there has been little sign of Soviet give on any of these matters: the best one can predict is a "long, tough discussion." Reagan's advisers are convinced the Soviets do not appreciate how seriously the U.S. takes human rights, and think they need to hear the American position directly from Reagan. With the partial exception of INF, a mere listing of the positions of the two sides...
WHRB is marketing its advertising on the assumption that the Kelly Group, which owns the broadcast rights to Harvard athletic contests, has found another station to carry Harvard hockey, Finkelstein said. She said it is impossible to predict the impact competition might have on WHRB advertising...
...officers maintained a siegelike vigil in Paris. Though most residents remained on edge, they were breathing easier. More than a week had gone by since the last terrorist bombing, and there was some relief as police arrested seven French militants and four Lebanese for questioning. But no one dared predict that the nightmare was over. Indeed, a C.S.P.P.A. communique warned that the "fire will spread" if its demands were not met. Abdallah, meanwhile, was transferred from Fleury- Merogis prison outside Paris to La Sante prison in the capital for added security...
...Board of Economists, which met in New York City this month to discuss the outlook. The economists forecast that GNP growth, after adjustment for inflation, will accelerate from an annual rate of .6% in the second quarter to 2.4% in the last half of the year. For 1987 they predict a sturdy, if not spectacular, 3% growth rate. Said Walter Heller, a University of Minnesota professor who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations: "I am keeping the faith that we will have no recession, the economy won't stagnate, and growth will...