Word: predictive
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...cynicism in his body, he would be the first politician of whom that was true - the Prime Minister must reason that what Washington wants, Washington usually gets. Better to stay on the good side of a likely victor than carp from the sidelines. (For this reason, I hereby fearlessly predict that if there is a war in Iraq, French troops will take part.) But there are two other factors at play. First, Blair sincerely believes, as he told British diplomats earlier this month, that it is simply wrong for rich nations to expect the U.S. to do all the dirty...
...environment with a series of pronouncements: that snowmobiles could operate in Yellowstone National Park, oil drilling could expand in Padre Island National Seashore in Texas, the National Marine Fisheries Service would ease salmon protections in the Pacific Northwest, and Washington would soften rules on logging and energy conservation. Opponents predict a new wave of even bolder measures in the coming months that could affect water and air quality and renew efforts to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling. In response to the critics, White House spokesman Scott McClellan says, "There are a number of alarmist...
...better serve its traditional dial-up customers while it seeks to win more broadband subscribers. If all goes well, Parsons says, the online division could return to earnings growth in 2004, at double digits in following years. If results fall short of that goal--as some industry analysts predict they will--insiders say the division will at least be dressed up for sale at a better price than it would fetch today...
Some industry watchers predict that Idol will generate as much as $155 million in the next three years in Britain alone, including ad revenue and record sales. In the U.S., Fox paid about $1 million an episode for American Idol's 25-show run, and such a sum seems very reasonable in retrospect. Ford, Coca-Cola, AT&T, Clairol and Old Navy, among others, have signed on as advertisers for this year's version...
...country had some 1,500 licensed brothels. Since they were abolished in 1946, the government has steered an uneasy course between prohibition and regulation. Although pimping is a criminal offense, selling sex is technically legal. If police enforce the new measures that outlaw soliciting, most observers predict that prostitution will simply be driven underground. Achispon counts himself amongst the pessimists. "This law's good for us because it's going to enable us to arrest prostitutes when they cause a disturbance on the street. Before, we could only give them a caution. But it's not going to solve...