Word: predicting
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...ease with which they play their, at first, stereotypical roles. There is the timid Tenley, her outspoken and party-hopping roommate Parker, the prideful Claire, her clingy sidekick Reese, nerdy and lanky Paul, self-absorbed Liam, preppy Charles, and perky Maitre d’. But these labels do not predict or dictate the plot of the story.With the start of the second act, the complexity of the characters becomes much more apparent, as the characters’ stories unravel and their initially typified personalities acquire layers. Complicated relationships are formed, both romantic and platonic, emotions and personal problems go unsaid...
...With, at most, 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, experts predict that the species could disappear in less than 20 years if more is not done to preserve their habitat. In the battle to save the orangutan, the camp is at once the front line and a sanctuary. And as a bright-eyed baby climbs into your lap, you cannot help but wonder, with some sadness, if Camp Leakey is also the orangutan's last stand...
...conclusions now will be premature, because we still don't know what we're looking at. Experts predict we'll eventually begin to see fewer new cases in Mexico, as lab results separate real swine-flu infections from normal respiratory disease. Meanwhile, the anticipation of more cases and deaths in the U.S. has already been begun to be borne out. As the CDC's Besser himself has pointed out, swine flu is going to be a marathon, not a sprint - and we've only just gotten started...
...subject of Dov Charney, the controversial CEO of American Apparel, came across as ill-timed and wrong-footed. "[Newhouse's] best editors in chief all have one thing in common," wrote former staffer Paul Smalera, on the Portfolio-obsessed website Gawker.com, "which is they know how to channel and predict the predilections of their readers and turn at least a couple issues a year into can't-miss propositions. Lipman did not have this particular talent...
...status and convenience in two breezy words: Charge it. But in these leaner times, shoppers are thinking twice before pulling out the plastic, even as analysts predict credit-card defaults could total more than $75 billion this year. On April 23, Barack Obama and his economic adviser Lawrence Summers met with credit-card executives to discuss how to control our addiction to plastic--and curb the controversial practices that encourage...