21.   And few experts predict that self-esteem, whatever it may be called, will ever go away.

22.   And experts predict that the consolidation trend will continue.

23.   And experts predict that women could soon outperform men in long-distance swimming and the marathon.

24.   And antitrust experts predicted the government would have no problems with the deal because it gives Microsoft only a small stake in Apple and no voice in the boardroom.

25.   And if, as experts predict, the strike drags on for several months, new and returning series will not be ready for the fall season.

26.   And political experts were predicting Wednesday that Kirk, the insider, would overpower Morales.

27.   And it is there, in Virginia, where some legal experts predict he will bring charges in the Monica Lewinsky case.

28.   And the new universe created by this big bang, some experts predict, will be very different from the world according to Wintel.

29.   Antitrust experts predicted that the FTC under Muris would not bring many of the kinds of cases that had been brought by Pitofsky.

30.   Antitrust experts predict that the danger to consumers of breaking up the company will be a leading argument to be heard from the Microsoft camp.