Word: predictive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take inventory of the earth's CO2 and observe how it shifts between air and sea. They will try to find out whether the CO2 blanket has been growing thicker, and what the effect has been. When all their data have been studied, they may be able to predict whether man's factory chimneys and auto exhausts will eventually cause salt water to flow in the streets of New York and London...
...Ideally," he adds, "the adviser should have technical knowledge of the student's field; he should have foresight enough to predict the number of applicants to graduate schools in five years; he should be familiar with all the courses in the university; and he should know and understand his advisee's personality almost immediately. This person just doesn't exist...
...this talent plus a top-notch relay team give Wilson good reason to predict that his team will go undefeated, making this a strong event...
Eyeing their huge potential market, some manufacturers are even beginning to worry that sales will take too big a jump in 1956. Said one industry spokesman: "Some people predict as many as 200,000 central residential units will be sold this year. We don't have the qualified contractors to install that many units...
enough to predict that the U.S. will burgeon in the next half-century...