Word: predicting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...votes were being counted in Pennsylvania. Hart hemmed, hawed, then rasped almost plaintively, "Tomorrow will be the first day we've had off since Christmas." Back in Philadelphia, Walter Mondale, the eventual victor, had turned peevish during his last go-round of a day with reporters. Would he predict his margin of victory, a newsman asked. "No," snapped an irritated Mondale. Is something wrong? asked the next questioner. "Nothing," barked Mondale. Then he caught himself and apologized. "I am getting what is known as punchy," he said. "I don't think I've been home in five...
...however, does not obviate the need for student input. As evaluators, Masters and tutors might make the most effective judges of academic excellence. But tutors' ultimate success lies in interacting with students in a social atmosphere, and undergraduates, especially in the interviewing stage of the selection process, can best predict how well an applicant will fit into the House atmosphere...
...Sullivan's greatest fame in the coiffure world comes from her ability to predict future hair trends. She attends seminars and carefully watches the trends in the fashion magazines in order to coordinate her hair styles with the latest in clothing...
There is, however, some skepticism about Sullivan's talent. Annette from Eleganza says. "I don't really think anyone can predict the future. Hair styles are always changing...
...booked for 1988). NBC set up shop in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Savery in downtown Des Moines, renting two full floors for offices. ABC crammed itself into a Holiday Inn banquet room. As usual, the networks raced ahead of the results: ABC, the last to predict Mondale's landslide, did so 15 minutes after voting began. The early projections were considered spoilsport at best, electoral meddling at worst. Colorado Democrat Timothy Wirth, chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, urged the networks to show more restraint and invited them to testify before his panel this week...