(1) My guess is that any such precision of prediction or of control lies decades into the future.(2) For the sake of argument here, I'm going to denote a difference between understanding and prediction .(3) With Julian's prediction in mind, the arrival of each new pupil had me aching.(4) This approach to reading stresses the importance of prediction in the reading process.(5) The first thing to notice is that demographers have never been much good at prediction .(6) a prediction that the Greeks would destroy the Persian empire(7) the prediction of future behavior(8) In 1919, the war over, he went to Liverpool and started on his life's work, tide prediction .(9) a prediction that economic growth would resume(10) Although yesterday's election defied all attempts at prediction , that tradition remained.(11) Japan is the only country in the world to maintain a major research programme in earthquake prediction .(12) Then the envelope will be opened to reveal if Paul's prediction has come true.(13) We were totally right yesterday, so here is another prediction we expect you to trust.(14) The dangerous game of prediction separates the optimists from the pessimists.(15) No doubt, you have been very impressed indeed, by my unrivalled abilities in prediction .(16) He held that these laws are nothing but computational devices for the description and prediction of phenomena.