Word: predictive
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Karpovitch said that the uprisings might tend to reverse the recent liberalization of Soviet internal policy, but he would not predict whether the unrest might seriously weaken the power of the current Soviet leaders...
...over the way things are going for the Democrats in the West. His estimate of his week's pulse-taking: Montana, "very, very optimistic"; Idaho, "reassuring"; Washington, good prospects for the ticket "and especially for Senator Magnuson"; Oregon, desperate Republicans are sending for Ike; California, "always hard to predict, but I am much encouraged...
Williams' coach, Clarence Chaffee, gives Harvard the edge, because of a "well-balanced squad," but expects a "well-played and hard-fought game." He added that his team had outplayed UMass badly, so he was unable to predict how Williams would perform against stiffer opposition...
...game is naturally a toss-up for it virtually impossible to predict the behavior of any freshman squad until it has played a few games. It is quite certain, however, that varsity coach Lloyd Jordan will take a great deal of interest in the contest, since these freshmen players must form the backbone for the first really experienced "A" formation team which Harvard will field within the next few years...
After stressing the military, strategic, and ideologic importance of the Eurasian land mass, Rostow went on to predict that the central issue of the future would be whether the older West could live in harmony with the never Asia. "The answer may well depend on whether the U.S. actively participates in the Asian adventure or merely sits by and comfortably observes her modernization," he said...