41.   After all, the show faced an unprecedented number of obstacles this season, and many experts had predicted that it would be unable to surmount them.

42.   Agriculture experts predict the new Congress will not stray widely from current policy, which gives farmers a combination of financial aid and flexibility in their planting decisions.

43.   Almost no nonpartisan expert predicted the Democratic gains.

44.   But art experts predict that Ms. Hendrix will be more than simply a caretaker and will make the museum a competitor in the marketplace.

45.   But before long, experts predict, a huge data base of federal and state case law will exist, searchable across jurisdictions.

46.   But change is inevitable, experts predict.

47.   But experts predict that wireless access on hand-held computers will be overshadowed by the use of cell phones.

48.   But Democrats are showing a resurgence that has more life that experts predicted a few months ago.

49.   But experts predict a flood of such cases as parents become increasingly comfortable with the Internet.

50.   But many experts glumly predict that privacy legislation will only lock the barn door after a long-departed horse.