Word: predict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Your otherwise excellent roundup on the Supreme Court nominations ignored the historic fact that no one can predict the ideological behavior of a Justice. Few of them have followed the party line of the nominating Administration, and those that have, have tended to lack influence in the court...
...society's ritual fantasies. Parker Brothers' Monopoly, for example, was introduced in 1935 as a Depression daydream of striking it rich with hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place. The coming election year has prompted several pick-the-President exercises (TIME, Nov. 8). It is difficult to predict what sociologists, or the Italian-American Civil Rights League, may make of a game called The Godfather -"for All the Families...
...alternative, which some experts predict will happen in as few as five years, is reunification-a euphemism for Peking's takeover. Last week, not for the first time, there were widespread rumors that Chiang Ching-kuo actually visited the mainland recently for secret talks with the Communists. Officials in Taipei once again denied any possibility of a deal with the mainland, but when the elder Chiang departs, even reunification is not inconceivable...
Observers now predict that Carney and the third candidate in the race, conservative Republican Ralph Perk, who lost to Stokes in 1969 by 3,500 votes, will split the white vote. Thus, if Pinkney can win between 90% and 95% of the black voters-as Stokes predicts-he is a virtual shoo-in. In that case, the real winner will be Carl Stokes...
...highest incidence of black gang violence in the country, Rizzo's campaign strikes on one level a blatantly racist chord, although on another it appeals to legitimate fears of whites and some blacks as well. His overwhelming strength lies in the white community. Even Longstreth forces predict that up to 25% of the city's Republicans will cross party lines to vote for Rizzo. During the primary, Rizzo did not campaign in the black neighborhoods. He has since altered his strategy only to the point of an occasional stop in a black area...