Word: forecasted
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Faultiest Forecast Schools closed, people fled and disaster kits sold out as Dec. 3 approached in New Madrid, Mo., all because climate consultant Iben % Browning had predicted a major earthquake. The fateful day passed with no earth-shaking news, but there were casualties nonetheless: Browning's already dubious reputation and the credibility of media outlets that treated his forecast seriously...
Bennett's hopeful forecast was shared by the President, who declared earlier this month, "We're on the road to victory." Federal surveys found that "casual" consumption of cocaine and marijuana had fallen, as had emergency-room admissions and deaths from drug overdoses. Federal agents believe cocaine prices have risen because of the pressure international police operations are putting on suppliers...
...spectacle in Washington that made many Americans wonder if their system of government was too sclerotic to survive. Various pundits thought they detected a budding anarchic streak in the voters, a sullen, throw-the-bums-out attitude toward all incumbents, good and bad, Democrats and Republicans. Some political analysts forecast a populist revolt and called for campaign reform and mandatory term limitations to help restore the public's flagging confidence. But for all the advance drama and disquiet, when the ballots were cast and counted, the country did not seem to have changed much...
...tunnel in which last week's breakthrough occurred lies between two larger railroad tunnels, not as close to completion, through which Chunnel traffic will be carried. By the year 2003, an average of 54,500 passengers on the vehicle shuttles and 67,670 passengers on the railway trains are forecast to transit the tunnel daily. The vehicles will be carried on shuttle trains initially running at least every 15 minutes at peak periods and making the crossing in 35 minutes. Alternating will be passenger trains, while freight will trundle through in off-peak hours. For motorists, travel time between Paris...
...Have the crisis in the Middle East and the resulting oil shock finally launched the bear market you forecast in September...