Word: forecaster
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...proposed investment loophole. It appeared that some Democrats would even be willing to vote for the package in the absence of a Republican majority. Predictions seeped out of the Speaker's office that supporters would probably prevail by the narrowest of margins. If the nose counters could not forecast the critical number -- 218 -- they would delay the showdown until Friday. Yet many members went to the floor still undecided, worrying about November...
...manager adds: "There may or not be more external management a year from now. I'm not making that forecast...
...that the fault is likely to produce a major shock come Dec. 3, and many people feared last week's tremor could be a precursor. The prediction, which has made its way into several newspapers, was the work of Iben Browning, a New Mexico climate consultant, who based his forecast on an analysis of the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. Many seismologists, worried that public concern could degenerate into panic, have denounced it as unscientific hocus-pocus. At the same time, they agree that the New Madrid fault, which stretches over 225 km (140 miles), poses serious long...
Many of these changes could be quickly reversed, most notably if the confrontation with Saddam should come to open war. But then there would be other changes, as hard to forecast as they are dreadful to contemplate. Win, lose or draw, Iraq's dictator made a mark on history by invading Kuwait Aug. 2; nothing will again look quite...
MILITARY. The price in lives -- on both sides -- is the hardest to forecast. Says Anthony Cordesman, a Washington-based military analyst: "War is one big experiment." It is just possible a coup in Baghdad would topple Saddam Hussein and bring the war to a quick, low-cost conclusion...