1.   Hollywood pundits predicted the movie would grab the top spot in the ratings, but they were wrong.

2.   And by no stretch of the imagination has the web become the PC banking mecca or shopping Eden that pundits predicted it would, most experts agree.

3.   Are we really reaching the end of the PC era, as many pundits have predicted?

4.   All the pundits are predicting gridlock, but the last election gave us all a lesson in how good those pundits are at predicting things.

5.   All along, the pundits had been predicting that a younger, glibber Jack Kemp might upstage Dole at his own convention.

6.   But pundits have been predicting that this fall will see a fur revival in coats and accessories.

7.   But with the strike dragging on and pundits predicting that replacement games will turn off and perhaps even anger fans, advertisers are balking at sponsorships.

8.   By late August, pundits were predicting disastrous results for the Democrats in the November election.

9.   During the height of the Internet hype, pundits predicted eBooks would wipe out hardback and paperback books.

10.   Far from enduring the postelection acrimony most pundits predicted, we appear to be in the midst of one of the smoothest presidential transitions in recent memory.