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I have cleaned my crystal ball with lye and Ajax, and am now back in fine form after last week, the worst in Sports Cube prediction history (combined totals: four right, 16 wrong).

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Dear Savoir-Faire | 9/30/1978 | See Source »

Kerry Sieh, 27, a Caltech geologist, bases his prediction on Southern California's earthquake history, which until recently was quite sketchy; the earliest reported quake, an apparently minor temblor described by a Spanish explorer, was chronicled in 1769. Seeking evidence of earlier quakes, Sieh in 1974 began a painstaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: California's Fate | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

The crucial decisions of John Paul on these and other issues defy easy prediction. Whatever his instincts, the Pope is in some sense still the "prisoner of the Vatican," where visions of change are so often circumscribed by tradition-and realism. On the day after the election, the Pope'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: How Pope John Paul I Won | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

If Culmann's dire prediction is even partly fulfilled, and some U.S. airlines are financially weakened, the American planemakers that supply them could be hurt. In turn, the nation's balance of payments would suffer. Of all commercial plane sales in non-Communist countries, Boeing rings up about 52%, McDonnell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying the Crowded Skies | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

"That Egyptian proposal probably will not be completely acceptable to the Israelis, but that is a prediction. If not, then we would try to bring about some inventory of the compatibility and the differences between the two countries and will reserve the right to propose a compromise solution. I doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An Interview with the President | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

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