Word: predictional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which will probably last into May), it is clear, said Mr. King, that a general election "could not be [held] before . . . June." But he still was not saying exactly when the election would be held. "It is impossible to fix a definite date now, because it is impossible to predict the course of the war." It might not be until July. Or even later. More than anything else, Mr. King wanted to avoid, and he believed the people wanted to avoid, a wartime election...
...city stretches, fortifications block the streets and byways. When I drove from Berlin it took me 90 minutes to travel six miles because the barricades are so thick it is difficult to pass them. . . . If everything goes 'according to plan,' one may predict Berlin's conquest will require six to eight weeks...
...fields. ¶ Borax. In heavy applications, this chemical sterilizes the soil against weeds for two years, has given promising results on railway roadbeds and highway shoulders. ¶ Ammonium sulfamate. This new chemical, recently put on the market by Du Pont, has been so successful against poison ivy that enthusiasts predict the complete eradication of that noxious weed from...
...week's end, nobody would predict how long this unexpected good-fellowship would last, or how far it could be extended over the rest of the country. But the production bottleneck was broken...
...grinned when he remembered the Stevens' reputation as one of the world's outstanding peacetime white elephants (chief disadvantage: the Stevens is not convenient to the heart of Chicago's Loop). But they had enough respect for Hilton's reputation as a mon eymaker to predict that he would make even the Stevens...