Sentences with phrase «observers predicted»

That one - quarter percent cut was conservative: many observers predicted that the Fed would bring rates...

Some industry observers predicted a surge in sales activity as homebuyers would look to pre-empt bigger down payment requirements.

Some observers predicted that at least two consortia would receive funds to allay fears of a «national assessment» and of usurpation of local control over the curriculum.

When Richard Vladovic was elected by his colleagues as President of the LA Unified school board in July, observers predicted a much slower moving agenda.

Observers predicted narrow passage for the education bill and an accompanying half - cent rise in the state sales tax that would generate $ 230 million in the school - reform plan's first year.

WASHINGTON — President Clinton's proposals for a national - service program and direct student loans will run into some bumpy stretches of road on their journeys through Congress, observers predicted last week as the legislation was introduced in the House and Senate.

This split legal outcome is exactly what many observers predicted.

That did not end well, something some sharp - eyed observers predicted at the time.

Although many observers predicted Mr. Rangel, the godfather of uptown politics, would decisively swat back the challenge, Mr. Espaillat came within 1,000 votes of abruptly ending his storied legacy.

he politically moderate county organizations, which all endorsed mayoral candidates who ran to the ideological right of Mr. de Blasio, will have even less say in policy discussions and have more trouble keeping their members unified, observers predicted

Meanwhile, the politically moderate county organizations, which all endorsed mayoral candidates who ran to the ideological right of Mr. de Blasio, will have even less say in policy discussions and have more trouble keeping their members unified, observers predicted.

... most neutral observers predicted we'd be swept by the Cavs (which we nearly did).

There was much buzz about the Sun Devils in the preseason, yet few observers predicted that Arizona State's resurrection would begin with a win over Nebraska.

When news of the IRS probe first emerged, some legal observers predicted the agency's demands for all of Coinbase's customer records was just a negotiating tactic, and that it would ultimately ask for only a portion of them.

On nine out of the 11 traits on which the applicants were being judged, the 15 - second observers predicted the outcome of the 20 - minute interview.

Some industry observers predict that retail will change more in the next five years than it has over the past century, and that the extinction of brick - and - mortar stores isn't far off.

The sprouting of these islands of legality, observers predict, will spur other states to open up their cannabis markets lest they lose out on revenue and tourism, much as the casino gambling pioneered in Las Vegas became ubiquitous across the continent.

Some observers predict that such borrowers will be forced to tap networks of small investors who lend through mortgage brokers, as well as mortgage investment corporations — in other words, the most remote corners of Canada's shadow banking sector, which accounts for 40 % of Canada's banking space.

Some plan sponsors have been sued for poorly performing portfolios, others for failing to educate participants about the risks of investing, but many observers predict a wave of legal action over the fees — high fees and hidden fees — embedded in the mutual funds that underpin so many retirement accounts.

«Many market observers predict tops and bottoms, but few successfully get their timing right.

Some observers predict that as a result of these new resources, teaching in the U.S. will soon resemble Oxbridge - style tutorials, long used in Britain, more than German university lectures.

Despite Schroeder's concentrated efforts in East Side churches and other parts of the community, veteran observers predict black voters will cast their ballot for the mayor.

But as the battle for control of the House has tightened, opposition against him among his fellow Democrats has cooled somewhat, with a number of observers predicting he'll only benefit from the GOP's intra-party fight.

With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, and some observers predicting the GOP could well take the majority outright, the mayor is already managing expectations.

But observers predict they face an uphill battle convincing politicians to go along with a $ 185 million boost for astronomy over the next decade, beginning in the 2001 budget.

Or, as some observers predict, the president might choose to institute the carbon goals through executive orders, having perhaps too little time left in his term to finalize regulations.

With the most pessimistic observers predicting the sea rising by a few feet by the end of the century, state officials and environmentalists are worried that some sensitive habitats and islands lining the region could be lost entirely, exposing the city and state to the full brunt of strong storms.

A search committee last week named three local schools superintendents as finalists for the post of Kentucky commissioner of education, which observers predict will be among the most closely watched education jobs in the nation.

That could be an ominous signal to unions, including the California Teachers Association, if, as many observers predict, the Supreme Court overturns a previous ruling upholding mandatory union fees.

But some education observers predict that the standards» treatment of issues like evolution and climate change could jeopardize adoption in certain states.

Payout superstition, where observers predict that lower - dividend payout ratios imply higher earnings growth.

That's the future some observers predict for the top destination for patent infringement lawsuits after a U.S. Supreme Court decision limited the venues where such suits may be filed.

This term could measure just how far to the right the Roberts Court is, Legal Times» Tony Mauro reports in today's issue, with some observers predicting that the lineup of upcoming cases will produce less conservative rulings.

This tightening up on first - year associates is likely to be more than a temporary market correction, several industry observers predict.

Once these autonomous autos become a significant player on the vehicular landscape (they only have to reach 25 percent market penetration for accidents to dramatically drop), and that day is expected to arrive sooner than later, some observers predict that car insurance will just... disappear.

Based on questioning, observers predict that Justice Kennedy will cast the deciding vote.

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When Vancouver implemented a foreign buyer tax last summer, many observers and economists predicted investment would flow to Toronto.

As a number of observers have predicted, instituting a-la-carte channels is likely to have two obvious results: first, the popular channels will probably end up costing a lot; and second, the unpopular channels are likely to die off.

It's become so ubiquitous that on occasion observers have predicted its demise.

Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry has become a much bigger issue than any observer would have predicted at the outset — or even at the start of last week.

It is also worth noting that market observers have been predicting a correction on the horizon for quite some time, given that markets have largely been climbing since the recession and bull markets can't last forever.

It's too soon to say whether B.C. will follow too, but observers and the Finance Ministry are at least predicting slower growth.

The hearings generated much heat but little light, as was predicted by Zeynep Tufekci, a professor at the University of North Carolina and one of the keenest observers of Facebook and our evolving digital landscape.

If you recall, munis were under pressure at the start of the year as some observers were predicting that tax reform could cause some bonds to lose their favorable tax status.

As Greece's debt drama continues to unwind, some observers are predicting the country could default on its $ 315 billion owed, leave the eurozone — or both.

From the equivalence of mass and energy in relativity theory, together with theories about the fission of heavy nuclei, it was predicted that if a certain mass of uranium was brought together, an explosion would occur; surely all observers in the New Mexico desert on that day in 1943 could agree as to whether an explosion occurred.

Though many observers felt as the American journalist John Robbins did in 1959, when he asserted that «Hong Kong's state of supersaturation» may be «a portent of things to come throughout Asia,» the apocalypse they predicted never came to pass.

The lift in the GDT indicator prices provided better news for dairy farmers with most observers believing that Fonterra will be able to meet its predicted price of $ 6.40 per MS for the season.

Food industry observers are paying close attention, some predicting that products like Jersey Girls Vermont Quark will soon become the darling of the dairy aisle.

Monty was also one of the first observers to predict that the violence with which Woods hit balls would take its toll on his health.