21.   To foil those who have predicted her demise, Kwan will have to land the triple-triple combinations, just as she did in qualifying.

22.   Today, skeptics are once again predicting the demise of the Big Board.

23.   Each time Atletico Madrid has stumbled this season, the critics have predicted its demise.

24.   For the moment, at least, the pope is confounding those who predicted his demise and even offered a quip at their expense.

25.   Ireland, whose imminent demise was predicted after it sent home star player Roy Keane, defied the critics with draws against both Cameroon and highly favored Germany.

26.   Meanwhile, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison has openly predicted the demise of Ariba and Commerce One in recent months.

27.   The best-selling Sun tabloid, labeling the force tantamount to a European army, predicted the demise of NATO.

28.   People were predicting his demise a year ago too.