Sentences with phrase «dire predictions for»

Post-EU referendum, how real are the dire predictions for the UK housing market turning out to be?

The remainers» dire predictions for the economy in the EU referendum campaign have not come to pass, at least not yet.

Amidst appeals for «disruptive innovation» and dire predictions for the future of the profession, some lawyers are quietly changing the way they practice.

Dire predictions for Queensland were much more based on simple projections of decadal rainfall.

Dire predictions for both global cooling and global warming have been found to be grossly inaccurate.

True — for now — but what the science shows is validation for a model that makes more dire predictions for the future and with increasing costs associated with delays to action.

If you had one piece of advice to give to fellow investors who were anxious about pessimistic headlines and dire predictions for the market and the economy, what would it be?

Not all hedge funds had a good day, though — even though the Dow and S&P 500 ended Wednesday up more than 1 % each, proving wrong the universally dire predictions for the market in the unexpected Trump victory scenario.

Even if the direst predictions for the future were true.

Biologist Paul Ehrlich gives dire prediction for global... Continue reading →

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These dire predictions are troubling for the American worker but perhaps less so for sales professionals who have become accustomed to hearing warnings about their job security for over a century.

2011 was a great year for dire predictions.

An article by Ross L. Finney offered a dire prediction in early 1924: «Unless we shift our weight Western civilization will enjoy an illusive prosperity and greatness for a time, but will then stagger, stumble and eventually collapse» (January 24, 1924).

This leads him to his key point: «Let us make no mistake; the data we now have at hand should serve as a dire warning: Unless we act decisively, many of today's converts will be one - generation Jews — Jews with non-Jewish parents and non-Jewish children,» But Sarna concludes on a note that most Jews would find more hopeful: «Learned Jews and non-Jews have been making dire predictions about the future (or end) of the Jewish people for literally thousands of years — long before William Wirt and long after him — and, as we have seen, their predictions have proved consistently wrong.

She doesn't hesitate to make dire predictions about what the future holds for your children («You feed him chemicals?

The unusually high percentage of school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education cuts proposed by the governor.

Burnham's comments suggest a shift from his previous position, coming weeks after he criticised Blair for making «dire predictions» about what would happen to the party under a Corbyn leadership.

Apparently, the National Weather Service got reports that its dire prediction of up to two feet of snow for New York City may have been exaggerated — but decided not to change its forecast «out of extreme caution» and to avoid confusion.

«Predictions of a dire future for lower Manhattan — nine years of predictions — consistently have been proven wrong,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon SPredictions of a dire future for lower Manhattan — nine years of predictions — consistently have been proven wrong,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Spredictions — consistently have been proven wrong,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said.

But the dire predictions about the resegregation of public schools and turning back the clock on civil rights gains for women never materialized.

While libraries have done well for themselves despite the dire predictions of doom following the digital revolution — largely by reinventing themselves as providers of other community needs while still making books their focus — there have been some highly ominous predictions for libraries in the current political climate.

As for how adults consumed their books, device penetration is still on the rise, even among dedicated e-readers, another reading option that has been given dire predictions by industry watchers.

As flu season continues to wreak havoc and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issuing dire predictions about the number of flu - related deaths likely before the outbreak... more

I stick with my long - stated conviction that Brexit will be far softer & less of a threat for Ireland than many of the dire initial predictions].

This would explain why dogs manage to do so well eating dog food despite dire predictions from people who prefer to feed raw diets or cook meals for their dogs.

But look: The predictions for the future would be more dire than before especially as the aerosol cooling would not be expected to keep up.

I'm a skeptic when it comes to all the dire predictions coming out of climate models which have been shown to be useless for regional predictions.

Then again, the credibility of the entire environmentalist movement wasn't exactly enhanced either, and as people like me recall the dire predictions of 10 - 15 years ago, and wave them in people's faces, it won't recover for a while either.

COLUMBUS — Thirty - six years after catching flak for one of the most bold and dire predictions about global warming, former Ohio State University glaciologist John H. Mercer is being hailed as a visionary.

One hears of dire predictions of sea - level rises which don't seem to be eventuating, of stasis in global temperatures that weren't predicted, of claimed ad - hoc appeals to aerosol effects, etc., and that's without going into the general atmosphere of hostility to people like me who genuinely think the case for harmful AGW effects looks shaky.

Shall I recite for you the dire predictions?

He has been doing this for over two decades, unlike the computer modelers who are making their dire predictions based on their own theoretical climate scenarios.

The Washington Post Fact Checker gave the Chamber's dire prediction that the Clean Power Plan would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars Four Pinocchios, the rating received for only the most egregious whoppers.

The authors included Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who for years has expressed skepticism about some of the more dire predictions of other climate scientists about the significance of human - caused warming.

I have just wasted two days commenting on Guardian environment, trying to get George to explain why it is ok for him to base his dire predictions of «the end of life as we know it» on research financed by Exxon, while we common mortals are frequently criticised for quoting sources funded by the same Exxon.

Former global - warming alarmist and «Gaia Guru» Dr. James Lovelock is once again doing combat with his erstwhile comrades in the «green» movement, dishing out scorn for the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which recently issued its latest dire global - warming predictions.

With a Nobel Peace Prize behind it, it's back to business for the UN's climate change watchdog IPCC and its head, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri — starting with today's dire prediction that even with present efforts to curb global warming, sea levels could still

Dire Predictions is a must read for anyone who wants the straight facts on global warming.

Same thing for Mike's book Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming, which bills itself as «The illustrated guide to the findings of the IPCC».

Until the economists who predict a big housing correction can show there will be an oversupply of housing or some dramatic drop in demand for housing, it is safe to ignore their dire predictions and rely on simply common sense.