Sentences with phrase «prediction of doom»
As the human population reaches seven billion people, there are reasons for optimism as well as predictions of doom and gloom.
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Even with predictions of doom and gloom, we know that this ordinance can and will work.
As for bonds, well, we've been hearing predictions of doom and gloom about them for at least six years.
And all the past predictions of doom that have already failed.
According to the international Bank's chief international economist, Torsten Slok, Canadian homes are 63 % overvalued — the single largest prediction of doom for this country's housing market.
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.
«This survey shows that in contrast to the apocalyptic predictions of the doom and gloom merchants, the change in our licensing laws has not unleashed a free - for - all,» said BBPA chief executive Rob Hayward.
Yet Remain seem intent to plough on with the same predictions of doom rather than (or as well as) promoting a positive vision of Britain as a country which is socially, politically and culturally European and for which the EU is its natural home.
Further predictions of doom and gloom for the Tories in London has stemmed on the back of «bombshell» research from Lord Ashcroft which found that only 18 per cent of voters in blue boroughs thought its council delivered on claims of lower bills and better - quality services.
Depletion of useful materials has often prompted predictions of doom, but as Richard Webb argues, we need not worry in the long term
my guilt for being human began to evaporate as leading sceptic, Lord Christopher Monckton seemed to demolish many of the key predictions of doom.
It is now 13 years since Flannery's first prediction of doom for Perth, 10 years since he warned of crops in the region struggling and just two years since Steffen warned of 80 years of drought.
Prophets» oracles are located in the context of narratives describing how God is related to Israel, and who Israel is - and is failing to be — in relation to God, and construed as announcements of promise and not simply as predictions of doom.
In the late 1960s, Paul Ehrlich famously made dire predictions of doom, based on his attempts to model the biosphere and our relation to it, which failed to materialise.
Contrary to predictions of doom and gloom, Asian buyers are helping London's prime property market weather the uncertainty tied to Brexit, especially homebuyers from Hong Kong and China who have shown a marked interest in London's luxury residences since the Brexit referendum.
The focus of this chapter is a positive look into the future despite the predictions of doom.
We can argue all day as to whether the exact facts and figures in these predictions of doom are correct, but the fact is, ecosystems can be destroyed; Lake Erie is dead and supports no life.
The stance from which Amos speaks, giving meaning to all he says about social justice and the corning «day of the Lord» in his call to repentance and prediction of doom, is epitomized in the words:
Nothing to do with us, especially Ozil, actually being good at football or you getting all your predictions of doom for Arsenal totally wrong.
But I would say again, at the very least I do expect that the predictions of doom and gloom and that the sky is going to fall that we heard in Illinois and that we heard in the other 17 states that have passed credit programs and a dozen or so states that have voucher programs or ESAs, these doom and gloom predictions never come to pass.
Some have taken his criticism of the Fire as a prediction of doom for the product — he's pretty open about that in the NY Times today.
3) But pay no mind to the data that falsifies our predictions of doom.
Mr Howard said he was an «agnostic» on climate science and he preferred to rely on his instinct, which told him that predictions of doom were exaggerated.
Regardless, predictions of doom are conservatives» stock in trade.