The aftermath is a predictable agony of silence, broken only by the odd stiff reply from faraway Gascony to her barrage of adoring missives.
A frightened public demanding results in the aftermath of a ghastly crime also places predictable pressures on prosecutors and police, which can sometimes lead to questionable conduct.
Some critics even contend that the city's three-year spike in child fatalities, and last year's drop, are part of a predictable pattern in the aftermath of cases like Elisa Izquierdo's: a get-tough policy of removing children from homes that floods the foster care system and then subsides until the next public outcry.
Still, some things are predictable in the aftermath of a regime change: rioting and looting, the emergence of extremist figures seeking to fill power vacuums, and the disintegration of police forces and other groups that maintain security.
The aftermath of an election follows a certain predictable cycle: mourning (on the part of the losers) gives way to soul-searching (both sides), and soon enough the speculative horse race is in full swing, with future contenders jockeying for early position and handicappers assessing the odds.
By Ben McGrath The aftermath of an election follows a certain predictable cycle: mourning (on the part of the losers) gives way to soul-searching (both sides), and soon enough the speculative horse race is in full swing, with future contenders jockeying for early position and handicappers assessing the odds.
The ongoing cholera epidemic that first struck Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating 2010 earthquake has had a mortality rate of more than 6% as compared with 0.01% during a predictable spring or fall outbreak in Bangladesh, where cholera deaths have dropped dramatically in recent decades despite rising infection rates.
Many of them suggest the aftermath of a terrific explosion.
The aftermath of a financial crisis is usually difficult.
The scene opens with the aftermath of a wedding.
