By 2000, he had begun predicting the end of Al Qaeda, whose preëminence he portrayed as a stage in the development of the worldwide Islamist uprising.
Writing in Science magazine, researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute said "a golden age of animal-tracking science has begun", predicting that "the upcoming years will be a time of unprecedented, exciting discoveries".
Mr. Peck said the rate of growth for new subscribers had begun to slow, but predicted that DirecTV would have 16 million subscribers by 2007.
Reality shows are so much cheaper to produce, so much easier to insert into the schedule, that network chiefs have recently begun predicting a radical restructuring of their prime-time lineups.
Now, as the work of soldiers suddenly seems more critical than ever, business owners and city leaders here have quietly begun predicting that calls for a bigger Army might ultimately mean more soldiers at Fort Riley -- and with them, more prospects for this little town next door.
Denver voters have approved a $62.5 million bond issue to pay for it, and museum officials, politicians and civic leaders have begun excitedly predicting that it will focus attention on Denver much as Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum has done for Bilbao, Spain.
He added that sales had begun to slacken in the capital, but did not predict a widespread slump.
So much technical rehearsal is still to be done on "Spider-Man" that some veteran Broadway producers have begun to privately predict that preview performances, set to start on Nov. 14, will be delayed.
Despite continued difficulties in the broader economy in 2010, demand and supply in the art market have begun to recover as predicted by the Capgemini and Merrill Lynch 2010 World Wealth Report.
And Mr. Hussein himself -- just as the White House predicted -- has begun blowing up a few Al Samoud missiles in hopes of averting an American invasion.
