31.   For example, he hurt himself most recently by predicting victory in Louisiana a week ago, only to lose badly to Buchanan.

32.   Foley predicted victory next week.

33.   Forward Matt Bullard, the next-most tenured member of the team, went even further, predicting victory in a competition that so far is not planned.

34.   Forbes beat Sen. Bob Dole, whose campaign only few days earlier had been predicting victory in Arizona.

35.   He also lost to Buchanan in an Alaska straw poll where he had predicted victory.

36.   Gordon is aggressive and confident, but he never could have predicted victory early Sunday.

37.   He had predicted victory several days earlier.

38.   He bragged about his protegees and boldly predicted victories.

39.   He did not hesitate to predict victory Tuesday.

40.   He first predicted a victory by Brazil and a most valuable player award for himself.