He's the psychologist that opined that we all take care of a predictable set of needs in a predictable order.
But most writers limit themselves to a predictable set of responses on reading a cutting evaluation of their work, usually in this order: incredulity, embarrassment, self-loathing, stewing, grumbling, anger, scheming and letter to the editor.
Plotters usually accomplish this with a predictable set of steps.
And then a predictable set of forces begins to take hold that ultimately doom the enterprise.
On the Nov. 26 Op-Ed page, Christopher B. Leinberger ("The Death of the Fringe Suburb") and Louise A. Mozingo ("To Rethink Sprawl, Start With Offices") serve up what has become a predictable set of jeremiads about the outer suburbs and exurbs.
But this is a film in which everyone falls back on his specialty, and it lulls us, so we're not upset by its cruise through a predictable set of clichés.
The home is four stories tall and includes a predictable set of niceties, including skylights, a garden and chandeliers.
Vegetation encroachment results from a predictable set of conditions, and has well-defined consequences for riverine environments.
A predictable setting for a story: a deserted island suddenly inhabited by a group of reckless school boys.
If you speak candidly with a manager's direct reports about his development needs, their comments tend to focus on a fairly predictable set of issues: fairness, delegation, openness to their ideas, the quality of performance feedback, coaching, and career guidance.
