Predicting

"I am not predicting, I am not predicting  … I am guardedly confident that we can do well. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And more -- he has a wicked, resentful, primitive nature, and though he answered respectfully enough, "Yes, sir," I felt safe in predicting to myself that the poor devils under him would receive the weight of his resentment in the later watches of the night. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The luxury yacht industry remains troubled - with Bain predicting "double digit" sales declines this year, shrinking the market to €6. 4bn with demand for smaller boats holding up better than for the super-yachts that were status symbols in the boom that lead up to the crisis. ❋ Zoe Wood (2010)

In general, the usefulness of pollen counts in predicting symptoms is limited. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No doubt columnist Frank Rich is right in predicting that, win big or small next Tuesday, the Republicans will continue stoking the public's anger all the way through 2012 --- in which case, forget forward motion. ❋ Carla Seaquist (2010)

I've always thought that Philip K. Dick was a genius in predicting the future of science and technology, and their application in society. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cronenberg was way ahead of the curve in predicting the huge volume of TV screens that would be available and the enormous influence they would have in the future. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The more data we feed the personalization engines, the more accurate they are in predicting what we want to see and do on our next visit. ❋ Angie McQuaig (2010)

And in predicting the 2008 elections, Rasmussen was the least accurate, across the board. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Recently, there have been a number of articles about the failure of economics and its metrics in predicting and reflecting on the “health” of the United States. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After all, reconstruction of the last 1,000 years of climate is the first step in predicting the future with super computer programs as explained below: ❋ Unknown (2009)

I know CNN is trying to be the first in predicting the eventual nominee, but just bombarding the airwaves calling every junior GOP governor and senator a 'rising star' always leads to embarrasments. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As I said, all of the ingredients are there, and I feel reasonably confident in predicting that Chmakova will whip them up into something appealing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lunardi claims no special prowess in predicting how teams will fare when they get to the NCAA tournament — in NCAA pools, he's finished behind his then-9-year-old daughter and, literally, behind a dog's picks — but he has an ambition beyond brackets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Will you answer those charges or what? dbadass, I feel quite confident in predicting that our friend will answer the charges by asserting in his arrogance that we are all mistaken in our collective judgment that he is a fraud, and his answer will end there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lunardi says over the last decade he's batted 96.8% in predicting teams getting into the tournament — picking 329 of 340 teams — and went 85.1% in predicting, within one spot, how all those teams would be seeded. ❋ Unknown (2010)