31.   Both sides predicted an extremely close vote.

32.   But diplomatic efforts have failed and both sides now predict renewed fighting when the truce expires.

33.   Mine owners say they are willing to talk, but both sides predict change will be slow.

34.   Neither side is predicting any trade breakthroughs when President Clinton and Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto hold their first full-fledged summit on Wednesday.

35.   Polls aside, both sides predicted a triumph on Sunday.

36.   The United Nations on Thursday accused Bosnian Serbs of deliberately targeting British peacekeepers as fighting picked up around Sarajevo and the warring sides predicted more war.

37.   U.N. and Iraqi officials were to meet later Thursday, and both sides predicted oil could begin flowing by early January.

38.   But both sides are predicting they will win.