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Once a trend gets going, speculation can be a self-fulfilling prophesy on the upside or the downside.
He wrote of many instances where holy men offered prophetic statements that later proved true, such as Pope Clement IV's prophesy on the outcome for the Battle of Tagliacozzo.
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Although it sounded at the time like wishful thinking, Mr. McCain prophesied on Sunday that Michigan would differ from South Carolina.
"The sky will split/And the planets will shift/Balls of jade will drop and existence will stop," she prophesies on "Kimberly".
And will a mainstream audience be persuaded to swallow a side order of faeries, spell-casting and ancient magical prophesies on top of their costume drama?
It was as if Shiloh had unleashed some tremendous, murderous thing that was going to "drench the country in blood," as Sherman had prophesied on the eve of secession.
And when she does, Clinton will be running against the (potential) dystopia she's prophesying on the campaign trail right now: Republican control of the legislative branch and further political gridlock.
Mansell was gutted but I was secretly smug - I'd prophesied on television that morning that Prost would win the race and the championship.
This is the last thing the repressed Sonia and semi-closeted Vanya need to see, but those two soon have much more to worry about, just as their maid foretold — when you have a maid named Cassandra, you have to expect awful prophesies on a regular basis.
Yet plenty of people seem willing to bet on prophesies of sunshine or rain.
Do you think being chosen for the list had a self-fulfilling prophesy effect on them in any way that might translate to this group?
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