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The book focuses on an experiment Rubbia conducted in 1984 in which he expected to uncover a sixth particle, which would fulfill a prediction he had made earlier and, the book says, insure his winning a Nobel. However, after Rubbia won the Nobel, the sixth particle turned out to be...
Minutes before the overtime period of Saturday night's men's hockey game, I asked a friend for his prediction about the contest's final outcome. "Do you remember history?" he answered darkly.
Not all the planning has been invariably on target. The winds have been particularly tough to gauge. Meteorologists on both teams have been double- checking their computers because the steady high drafts of the antipodal summer begin to fade in February. The big blows alternate with periods of gentle breezes...
In contrast to the unemployment picture, the inflation forecast remains exceptionally bright. Most European countries can expect price rises of no more than 3% to 5% in 1987. But that prediction assumes the continued willingness of unions to accept moderate wage increases. In France, the conservative government of Premier Jacques...
That prediction seemed borne out later in the week when leaders of the 100th Congress called at the White House to discuss domestic policy. Reagan opened by pledging to veto as a "budget buster" a $20 billion clean-water bill that passed both houses of Congress by overwhelming margins. House...