51.   Sabean remembers the dire predictions, and the air of gloom, that greeted the start of spring training in late February.

52.   Remember all those dire predictions about the re-election prospects of House impeachment managers?

53.   She wants the pregnancy tracked on the air, from weekly weigh-ins to dire predictions from experts ticking off all that can go wrong during childbirth.

54.   So what of the dire predictions?

55.   So much for dire predictions about the drop-off in classical music appreciation among young people.

56.   Some observers have made dire predictions about what will happen to computer sales.

57.   Some shoppers had dire predictions, according to co-owner Peter Kalaydjian.

58.   Soros writes that his dire predictions rested on two errors.

59.   Still, given the dire predictions of many skeptics in the industry last December, GM executives here are allowing themselves a low-key victory lap.

60.   Such dire predictions make little impression on the average Brit, however.