1.   As any psychiatrist would tell you, Breen enjoys predicting the demise of the Red Sox only because he is filled with self-loathing.

2.   Beene himself, who has never been fond of zippers, goes so far as to predict their demise.

3.   Additionally, falling prices for electronics have been squeezing profit margins, causing many analysts to predict the demise of numerous electronics retailers by the spring.

4.   Alas, the same cannot be said for our esteemed Web competitors, who predict the demise of boring old newspapers several times a day.

5.   But analysts have been predicting the demise of the deal for months because many investors considered it a bad deal for Coke.

6.   But Netanyahu continues to confound the experts and Israeli journalists who relentlessly predict his demise.

7.   But while predicting the demise of the government, Barak has been less than enthusiastic about the prospect of new elections.

8.   Doomsayers predicted the demise of baseball, and it seemed the sport would be hard-pressed to regain the popularity it once held.

9.   Her victory was a squeaker, and the morning after, the naysayers began predicting her demise after one term.

10.   His five-match losing streak on the ATP Tour constituted the worst slump of his career, and had critics predicting his demise.