21.   Elizabeth Parker, an appraiser for Curt Parker Jewelers in St. Louis, offered a similar prediction, but considers that modest given the situation.

22.   However even a top adviser to the prime minister, David Bar-Illan, noted that there have been similar predictions in the past.

23.   Similar previous predictions of impending assaults have proven false.

24.   The new forecasts followed similar predictions earlier this week that seem to confirm that South Korea was well on its way out of its deepest recession in years.

25.   The warning was the latest in a series of similar predictions by big firms.

26.   The warning was the latest in a series of similar predictions by other big firms.

27.   Two other broadcasters, MBC and SBS, which carried out telephone surveys gave similar predictions.