61.   Peter Vallone, the City Council speaker, spearheaded the effort to extend term limits, and his aides had confidently predicted victory.

62.   Raptors forward JOHN SALLEY came close to predicting a victory in a column he wrote in a local newspaper Friday.

63.   Political scientists who two months ago predicted victory for Vice President Al Gore acknowledged Monday that they were much less sure now.

64.   Queens predicting victory?

65.   Randy Johnson, vice president for labor and employee benefits for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, predicted victory in the House and the Senate.

66.   Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-Va., a leading foe of China, predicted victory next year.

67.   Republican John McCain predicted victory while George W. Bush, the front-runner turned possible runner-up, spent Monday sledding and bowling.

68.   Rosenbaum, meanwhile, boldly predicted victory on Monday as he campaigned across the state.

69.   Reports of similar polls predicting a victory of the left caused broad losses on the French stock market on Wednesday.

70.   Serena, who predicted her victory last year, is not backing off this year.